Month: September 2025
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Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit Europe returns in 2026: rebranded event features tech industry track, UPC litigation forum
Kisaco Researchâs annual Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit Europe will take place from January 19 to January 21 in the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, with ip fray as an official media partner.
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InterDigital’s Brazilian double whammy against Disney: preliminary (but merits-based) injunction over two streaming patents
InterDigital’s merits-based two-patent injunction is harder to get stayed or overturned than most Brazilian patent PIs.
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Nokia appeals UK order to disclose SEP contracts to Acer, ASUS, Hisense lawyers, raising procedural issues
Nokia is asking the England & Wales Court of Appeal for an emergency stay of a disclosure order by Mr Justice Mellor. Nokia raises fundamental procedural issues.
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Xiaomi seeks UK FRAND ruling in ASUS, Innovative Sonic SEP dispute
Xiaomi has filed a FRAND suit against ASUSTeK and its affiliate Innovative Sonic in the High Court of Justice for England & Wales, in response to suits they filed against it in the UPC and Germany.
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Pfizer, BioNTech hit back against GSK mRNA suits in UPC, Ireland: file UK revocation actionÂ
The move does not come as a major surprise, given the pharma companiesâ previous success against GlaxoSmithKline in the UK.
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TP-Link’s UK lawsuit against Huawei appears uneconomical: widely accepted pool option and potential German blowback
TP-Link filed a UK lawsuit against Huawei, but the terms of the Sisvel WiFi 6 pool through which those patents are available have been widely accepted and German courts won’t let UK courts torpedo their cases.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): 11 interesting procedural decisions, settlements, and non-default judgment after party waives right of defense
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 31, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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Donald Trump Jr. indirectly collects royalties from Apple through one of his two known patent investments: UPC lawsuit withdrawn
Legendary patent monetizer Erich Spangenberg did it again.
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HMD received AAC license offer from Via more than seven years prior to Fraunhofer’s UPC complaint
A Unified Patent Court order denying an extension of time for HMD’s answer to Fraunhofer’s complaint reveals that Via already made a licensing offer in 2017.