Month: January 2026
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Nokia signs patent licensing agreement with fifth Chinese automaker
The new deal reflects the increased respect shown by Chinese automakers for Nokia’s intellectual property rights, Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, said in a blog post today.
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UPC success rate, EPO convergence debate and changing the “status quo”: day one of Patent Litigation Europe
ip fray breaks down the highlights from the first day of the fourth annual Patent Litigation Summit Europe, which featured a full day agenda dedicated to Unified Patent Court Litigation discussions.
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Latest Patently rankings: Huawei leads in cellular and WiFi 6; LG overtakes Samsung in 5G; Qualcomm #2 in cellular, #4 in WiFi 6; Ericsson, Nokia remain strong
Patent data and analytics service Patently just released its updated cellular rankings and its new WiFi 5 and 6 rankings.
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Third-Party Litigation Funding bill failed in U.S. Congress — and “foreign abuse” turned out to be nothing but pretextual
Many members of the litigation finance ecosystem (funders as well as inventors and companies dependent on their support) breathed a sigh of relief a few days ago when the TPLF bill was pulled.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): incidental infringement standard for medical devices, conditional revocation claims, piecemeal claim narrowing, and other clarifications
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 11, 2026 UPC Roundup. 10. Around the court The UPC marked an early milestone in 2026 with the swearing-in of Mr. Daniel Severinsson at the CD Munich. Judge Daniel Severinsson, who took the oath of office…
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Federal Circuit grants Onesta emergency stay of BMW’s antisuit injunction: no need to withdraw Munich cases over U.S. patents for now
The licensing firm courageously and successfully challenged Judge Albright’s clarification of immediate enforceability dspite BMW already having moved for contempt sanctions.
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Useful to U.S. patent litigators: Certum Group releases model brief to oppose discovery into litigation funding
We just want to draw practitioners’ attention to this initiative, which does the patent litigation community a service.
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UPC’s CD Milan rejects piecemeal claim narrowing even when there may be plenty of time for revocation claimant and court to digest
Most of our articles start with a box that explains the context and the further implications, but sometimes (such as in this case) we publish very short pieces just to draw practitioners’ attention to developments worth taking note of that don’t require an elaborate structure. Court and counsel Panel: Presiding Judge Andrea Postiglione, Judge-rapporteur Anna-Lena…
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Onesta files emergency renewed motion to stay injunction in BMW infringement case, invoking judicial estoppel
If this renewed motion is denied, Onesta will “immediately terminate” the parallel cases against BMW in Germany, the company has asserted.
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Edwards faces heart valve patent infringement suit in District of Delaware
Edwards Lifesciences, an active enforcer of its heart valve technology patents in the Unified Patent Court, is now finding itself on the defending side of a patent infringement suit, filed by Israel-based rival Cardiovalve in the U.S.