Month: March 2026
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Novo Nordisk settles U.S. semaglutide patent infringement dispute, but denied Indian interim injunction again
While Novo Nordisk has struck an agreement with U.S. telehealth platform Hims & Hers to sell Ozempic and Wegovy, the Delhi High Court has once again denied its request for an interim injunction against Dr. Reddyâs Laboratories to block its sales of semaglutide products after its patent expires in 10 days.
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Today’s new UPC and EWHC orders show Amazon must do more to avoid contempt sanctions in InterDigital case: ip fray’s concerns validated
ip fray explained two days ago that a UK court order in an Amazon v. InterDigital FRAND case was not enough for Amazon to comply with the UPC’s requirements. A new UPC order validates that assessment.
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Honor becomes latest Via Licensing Alliance AAC patent pool licensee
Via Licensing Alliance has announced that Chinese device maker Honor has taken a license to its Advanced Audio Coding patent pool, taking the poolâs penetration of the mobile market to 80%.
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An interview with bioMĂ©rieux IP head Dr. James Robertson
James Robertson, the in vitro diagnostics companyâs global head of IP, talked to ip fray about its activities in the Unified Patent Court and some of the successes and hurdles he has experienced since moving from pharma into diagnostics IP management.Â
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Adeia continues licensing streak: ends AMD dispute with semiconductor patent deal
U.S. patent licensing firm Adeia has ended its U.S. patent litigation against Advanced Micro Devices with a multi-year license agreement granting the latter access to its semiconductor patent portfolio.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA applies new refund rule; ECJ referral; Philips wins defensive case after offensive ones; UPC stats; and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 1, 2026 UPC Roundup. 6. Around the court 6.1 AmazonâInterDigital dispute exposes growing friction between UK courts and UPC (link to detailed article) The High Court of Justice for England and Wales has issued a decision…
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UK-UPC relations enter into Cold War phase or worse with new court order accusing UPC of unfairness while reflecting UK’s Soviet negotiation style
“What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable” is how JFK described Soviet negotiation tactics during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. It is unfortunate that a new UK court order makes mockery of the UPC’s peace proposal.
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UPC CoA refers four questions of long-arm jurisdiction to ECJ: scenarios such as where representative for product safety compliance serves as anchor defendant
This article contains table that shows the differences between the four questions, provides easier-to-read version so fall four questions, and explains common scenarios not covered by the questions.
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UPC appoints CD Paris presiding judge Paolo Catallozzi to Court of AppealÂ
The Unified Patent Court has announced several changes to its judicial composition, effective April 1, including the promotion of CD Paris presiding judge Paolo Catallozzi to the Court of Appeal and Italian judge Vincenzo Carni to the CD Paris.