Month: December 2025
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BREAKING: Chinese FRAND determination in ZTE v. Samsung could come down any day now and set new Chinese speed record
A pretrial hearing in London revealed that a Chinese FRAND determination for a ZTE-Samsung SEP license is imminent.
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BREAKING: Heath Hoglund steps down as Via Licensing Alliance President
Via Licensing Alliance President Heath Hoglund has announced today that he is leaving the company at the end of the year “for a new opportunity”.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): clarification of standards for damages, claim construction, recall
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our December 7, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD denies recall over indirect infringement; clarifies damages period, interim damages, non-inventiveness pleading standard
Not only substantial non-infringing use in the territory covered by the patent-in-suit but also the possibility of exports to other countries weighs against a recall.
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Double jeopardy takes down Sanofi’s cabazitaxel use patent as UPC’s Munich LD revokes after EPO BoA affirmance
Lawyers representing generics makers welcomed the UPC’s decision to revoke the patent regardless of a prior EPO decision to the contrary.
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Teva removes more than 200 patents from U.S. FDA’s Orange Book: win for FTC
Following President Trump’s promise to lower the cost of drugs and a United States Federal Trade Commission investigation into a patent portfolio owned by Teva, the Israeli pharma company has asked the Food and Drug Administration to remove more than 200 improper patent listings related to asthma, diabetes, and COPD drugs, and epinephrine autoinjectors, from…
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U.S. appeals court to Apple: now prove the value of your IP in district court (for the first time since the Samsung patent spat)
An appellate ruling that largely upheld contempt sanctions imposed on Apple will now lead to further proceedings in district court.
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Encourage FRAND SEP licensing negotiations through patent pools, intermediaries: The World Bank recommends to low, middle-income nations
The World Bank’s first-ever report on standards has issued several recommendations to low and middle-income nations on how they can leverage standard-essential patents to propel their economies, pointing to China and the Republic of Korea as model examples.
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Target sued in Eastern District of Texas over payment system patent infringement
Cardtek (PayCore) has sued U.S. retailer Target in the United States Districs Court for the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of three of its patents related to payment systems.
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UK court order following Amazon v. InterDigital antisuit hearing just serves as summary of status quo; big elephant remains in room
It was already clear during the recent Amazon v. InterDigital hearing in London that the UK antisuit injunction would remain in place.