Month: November 2025
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Interview with Presiding Judge Camille Lignières (UPC, Paris LD) on the pivotal importance of the third judge, and other interesting questions
Judge Lignières shared interesting views and insights, starting with her own education as a French judge and leading to how judges collaboratively shape decisions at the UPC.
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USPTO Director Squires orders rare Director-initiated ex parte reexamination of Nintendo patent, indirectly as result of games fray article
An article about the grant of a patent to Nintendo by games fray (one of ip fray’s two sibling sites), was picked up by many games media. It apparently got the USPTO’s attention.
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Korean NPE Intellectual Discovery joins Via LA Qi Wireless Pool as licensor as it gears up to go public
A major licensee joining the Qi Wireless program was a main motivation for joining the pool, Intellectual Discovery’s Executive Vice President Dongsuk Bae tells ip fray.
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InterDigital wins German injunction against Disney’s streaming services: Munich I Regional Court
Context: Earlier this year, InterDigital started enforcement actions over multimedia patents against The Walt Disney Company (and its Hulu and ESPN+ subsidiaries) in multiple jurisdictions (February 3, 2025 ip fray article). Disney was in the process of leveraging a U.S. FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) action against InterDigital’s patent enforcement, but InterDigital obtained anti-antisuit relief from…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): interesting PI denial clarifies evidentiary burden, standard for infringement of apparatus claims; enforcement/security distinction by CoA; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 26, 2025 UPC Roundup. We’ve enhanced the navigation structure for the roundups: in addition to the traditional list of all roundups, you can now also select a particular year in the menu at the top of the…
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Apple/Google/Amazon lobbying front takes astroturfing to new level of deception in EU Transparency Register and on its website
ACT | The App Association claims to represent thousands of small app makers, but 100% of its funding comes from large tech companies, particularly Apple, Google, and Amazon.
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Nokia won race to Brazilian courthouse against Warner Bros. Discovery by 66 seconds: Rio de Janeiro, not São Paulo, will decide
Warner Bros. Discovery tried to forum-shop in Brazil, as did Hisense before it, but missed its goal by 66 seconds.
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Nokia enforces video streaming patents against Warner Bros. Discovery in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil; overlaps with Paramount cases
WBD’s video streaming business (Max, Discovery+, and related services) has about 126 million global subscribers and generates roughly $2.7–$2.8 billion in quarterly direct-to-consumer revenue.