Month: December 2025
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Xiaomi to face off with Datang over 4G/5G SEP infringement in Munich in March 2026, successfully invalidates ASC patents in China
The Munich I Regional Court will hear Datang’s SEP infringement suit against Xiaomi on March 11, 2025, while the latter has successfully invalidated three of Advanced Standard Communication LLC’s patents in China.
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Federal Circuit tosses Pfizer’s $42M+8% verdict against Daiichi, AstraZeneca: claiming 81 combinations out of gazillions described defeats disclosure, enablement
In a precedential opinion, the central U.S. appeals court for patent rulings overturns a Texas jury verdict given the discrepancy between a broad description and a specific claim term.
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Nintendo, Malikie apparently settle UPC patent infringement dispute
Malikie Innovations and Nintendo have apparently settled Unified Patent Court litigation over two different patents, pointing to a potential licensing agreement – although the U.S. prong of the dispute appears to remain pending.
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BREAKING: Apple-backed ACT | The App Association withdraws ETSI membership application at General Assembly in face of resistance to astroturfing
ip fray called on ETSI members to vote against the application. Apparently ACT saw that it could not win the vote.
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USPTO Director Squires continues pro-patent enforcement march: IPR petition institutions remain low, submits first-ever public ITC comments
The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s low institution rate, together with its first-ever public comments to a United States International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation endorsing the ITC as a forum for adjudicating patents, underline Director John A. Squires’s pro-patent and pro-patent enforcement agenda.
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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Last month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputes
The Chinese low-cost smartphone maker is the market leader in Africa and sells high volumes of phones in various (mostly emerging) markets.
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BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG Electronics
Nokia has acquired nearly 300 video patents covering coding and encoding technologies from LG Electronics, according to USPTO assignment records.
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Federal Circuit rules Samsung IPR petition valid despite Unified Patents membership, no estoppel
In a precedential decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that while Samsung is a member of Unified Patents, their parallel petitions for inter partes review of a Gesture Technology Partner patent are both valid.
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Nokia offered non-proliferation agreement centered around mutual notices to Warner Bros., Paramount; UK judge considers it reasonable
The article also contains an unofficial English translation of the redacted version of the latest InterDigital v. Amazon decision from Munich.