Month: March 2026
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UK court joins UPC Mannheim in Amazon-Interdigital de-escalation pending appeal — but UK-UPC peace is fragile given what was said today
All eyes are now on the UPC CoA, but the UK court would actually like InterDigital to concede the appeal.
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Acer divests U.S. communications patent to NPE amid Nokia, Ericsson litigation
Acer has recently reassigned one of its electronics-related patents to a U.S. non-practising entity, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s assignment records, as the company continues to battle Nokia patent infringement claims and bring its own against Ericsson.
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Dolby attacks six InterDigital patents in U.S. court to protect its customers Amazon, Disney, TCL, Hisense
Dolby has recently filed a petition for inter partes review against an InterDigital patent, but is now going against five more patents.
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UPC receives first complaint from Brazil: Silimed sues Polytech for patent infringement
Brazilian implant manufacturer Silimed has taken its long-running dispute with Polytech over polyurethane-coated breast implant technology to the UPC. The case follows Silimed’s recent success in German entitlement proceedings.
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Google sued in Unified Patent Court by NPE Eyesmatch
NPE Eyesmatch has sued Google in the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division over the alleged infringement of a patent closely related to another it previously enforced against Apple, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Microsoft.
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Moderna, Genevant, Arbutus settle global mRNA patent infringement dispute
Moderna could have to pay up to $2.25 billion as part of the settlement agreement, but remains confident it will close 2026 with up to $5 billion in cash and cash equivalents as a result of the deal.
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Avanci launches WiFi 6 Vehicle licensing program: Mercedes-Benz is first licensee
Avanci has launched an SEP licensing platform covering WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 standards, with the first program (Avanci WiFi 6 Vehicle) already up and running with 10 licensors on board, including Atlas Global, BlackBerry, Canon, ISG, KPN, Malikie Innovations, Meizu Technology, NEC Corporation, NTT, and OPPO.
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Philips becomes first UPC litigant to win AND fend off permanent injunctions, and first to achieve AND prevent revocation
The Hague LD declared an Advanced Brain Monitoring patent invalid and therefore dismissed the infringement case against Philips.
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Interjurisdictional peace in global SEP enforcement would be possible through mutual covenants not to go extraterritorial
Some litigants are now busier litigating anti-interference and antisuit injunctions (which come in different shapes and forms) than the actual patents. That is an inefficient resource allocation.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on suspensive effect of rehearing petition, CoA/CFI separation for file access; Munich LD on freedom to involve patent attorneys; more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 22, 2026 UPC Roundup.