Month: March 2026
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OPPO wins German 5G case against ASUS; first such win for OPPO, ASUS’s third Munich defeat in as many months
This is OPPO’s first 5G patent injunction, and the history of the dispute is that ASUS attacked first (directly and via non-practicing entity Innovative Sonic).
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Pendulum swings in Nokia’s favor in Brazilian ASUS preliminary injunction case
Nokia has received a favorable expert report in a Brazilian merits-based preliminary injunction case against ASUS.
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BREAKING: Licensing executive Jane Bu joins Avanci
Today Avanci announced that Jane Bu joins the company. She is well-known in the industry from her many years at Via, most recently as Chief Licensing Officer.
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UPC’s Munich LD turns into assignment lottery (panel 1 or 2) for patentees; case management disadvantages non-SEP holders; long delays
The situation at the UPC’s Munich LD is reminiscent of a period where at the Munich I Regional Court plaintiffs were praying for their case to be assigned to one panel and not the other.
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Appeals court postpones decision on stay of Broadcom’s German injunction against Renault to April 23; UPC raises concerns over parallel challenges
This is a particularly high-profile German SEP case, and the first SEP injunction against an automaker in Germany in almost four years.
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UPC’s Munich LD clears chipset makers Qualcomm and NVIDIA of infringement: appeals very likely
Today the Munich Local Division’s second panel found no infringement in cases targeting Qualcomm and NVIDIA chipsets.
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Recent UPC CoA ruling will lead to more file wrapper arguments even though it clearly wasn’t intended to strengthen them
The CoA is merely being consistent with its Alexion v. Amgen guidance on file wrapper arguments, but some litigants will interpret the latest holding as creating new opportunities for them…
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UPC CoA heard two jurisdictional appeals from Paris LD (FRAND and long-arm), shows strong inclination in one case
Sun Patent Trust was the first SEP holder to seek a FRAND determination in the UPC. French company KeeeX is suing OpenAI, Adobe, a tech industry coalition and others.
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Huawei expands Disney HEVC patent infringement campaign to UPC
Huawei has recently filed a second suit against Disney for infringing one of its HEVC patents, this time in the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division.