Month: April 2026
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BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against Samsung
In two parallel decisions, the Munich I Regional Court has granted ZTE a German injunction against Samsung and thrown out Samsung’s own SEP countersuit over FRAND.
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UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report reveals
The UPC has published its 2025 annual report, which contains statistics on the average times of its cases per case type, highlights the landmark decisions that have shaped its case law so far, and reveals that of the actions pending on December 31, 2025, over 60 involve one or more standard-essential patents.
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Helsinki LD solves part of less-frequented UPC venues’ chicken-and-egg problem
The Helsinki LD adopts the Hague LD’s equivalence standard based on an approach that offers greater predictability for litigants considering smaller UPC venues. AIM lost again.
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Federal Circuit analysis would create “substantial disincentive” to generic entry, USDOJ tells Supreme Court in Hikma v. Amarin
The key arguments centred on whether it was plausible that Hikma’s marketing amounted to inducement to infringe.
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Belgian SME keeps Dutch at UPC Brussels LD as CFI president rejects Esko’s bid to switch case to English
The President of the UPC Court of First Instance has refused Esko Software’s push for English, keeping a Brussels patent fight in Dutch.
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First U.S. SEP injunction since 2007 now unlikely: Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference gets canceled on short notice
On Tuesday, Judge Gilstrap first modified the time of a Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference, and later in the day canceled it altogether. Some interesting motions are now unlikely ever to be adjudicated.
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FedEx can fight another day in Qualcomm dispute, as Federal Circuit considers IPR real-parties-in-interest
The USPTO withdrew its initial defense of the PTAB’s refusal of FedEx’s arguments around real parties in interest.
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Merz wins UPC appeal as CoA overturns Paris LD denial and grants PI against Viatris generic in France
The UPC CoA has reversed the Paris LD’s refusal of interim relief and granted Merz a preliminary injunction against Viatris Santé’s fampridine generic in France.
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UPC Munich LD clarifies res judicata in infringement context and says those negotiating with pool can’t rely on missing infringement notice
The Munich LD clarified that prior judgments do not bar new infringement actions where later-generation products introduce new features, confirmed accessory liability for entities enabling EU market access, and held that prior patent pool negotiations can substitute for a formal infringement notice.