Month: October 2025
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Samsung ordered to pay $445 million in U.S. wireless standards-related infringement dispute: jury verdict
The Eastern District of Texas has issued a jury verdict ordering Samsung to pay over $445 million in damages for infringing four of non-practising entity Collission’s wireless communication standard-essential patents.
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India hands down first-ever SEP non-infringement decision: Philips fails to prove audio codec patent infringement after 20-year dispute
After over 20 years of litigation, the Delhi High Court has ruled that Philips failed to prove that an Indian competitor had infringed one of its audio codec patents, marking the country’s first-ever decision of non-infringement of a standard-essential patent.
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Celonis launches patent infringement counterattack against SAP in Eastern District of Texas
Celonis has filed a countersuit against SAP in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas, after the latter had sued it in the Unified Patent Court and the U.S. over the infringement of several software patents.
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Nokia, InterDigital, others defend confidentiality of license terms in UK appeal related to Optis v. Apple, but needed appeals court’s help due to blind spot
It is difficult to seek redactions of “unknown unknowns”, but the England & Wales Court of Appeal allowed amendments at the appellate hearing.
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EPSON settles audio codec dispute with Dolby, takes Vectis IP pool license: Opus standard not truly royalty-free, Arçelik trial next week
Apparently there are third-party patents that are not subject to a royalty-free licensing pledge, but read on Opus.
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Toyota becomes Avanci 4G & 5G licensor, previously only licensee; acquired 4G/5G SEPs from OPPO
Many patent pools have licensors that are simultaneously licensees, but Toyota is the first of its kind in the automotive industry.
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UPC shake-up: renowned German judge Dr. Georg Werner appointed to Munich LD as new third panel of Court of Appeal launched
Dr. George Werner, of the Munich I Regional Court, has been newly appointed as a judge at the Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division, while a new third panel of the UPC’s Court of Appeal – presided over by Ms. Ulrike Voss (“Voß” in German) – will launch in January 2026.
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Licensing negotiation groups are a vehicle for holdout licensees: Via LA’s Heath Hoglund interview
Via Licensing Alliance’s President Heath Hoglund sat down with ip fray to discuss the highlights from the pool administrator’s third annual Bridge Summit, his thoughts on licensing negotiation groups, and their new semiconductor licensing program plans.
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EWHC clashes with Munich I Regional Court over doctrine of equivalents: rules no infringement in Bayer, Regeneron v. Formycon, Samsung Bioepis
In a 142-page judgment, Mr Justice Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales ruled that Bayer and Regeneron’s equivalence allegations failed, as the patent-in-suits’ claims were too broad.