Month: April 2026
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA grants Abbott PI after Hague denial, clarifies technicity analysis; various other decisions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of April 13, 2026. It is one of our longest UPC Roundups to date. 11. Around the court 11.1 Brazil court cites UPC ruling, referencing ip fray, in Panasonic v. HMD PI decision (link to detailed article)…
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ACT’s desire to cooperate with ETSI tests limits of FRAND policy compatibility
ACT’s planned cooperation with ETSI is putting its IPR policy compatibility standard to the test. A FRAND framework limited to specific activities may meet functional requirements, but raises questions about consistency, predictability, and the boundaries of ETSI’s approach.
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Brazilian court enters Panasonic v. HMD PI: Via AAC pool offer was FRAND enough; UPC, German case law cited; ruling points to ip fray
Brazilian SEP case law is evolving rapidly, and the judges in Rio de Janeiro increasingly follow developments in other jurisdictions. Occasionally they do so via ip fray.
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Federal Circuit revives Teva’s $177M (potentially $530M) damages verdict against Eli Lilly over Emgality headache drug
A $177M jury verdict, potentially tripled for willfulness, has been reinstated, and the standards for written description and enablement for genus-related patents have been clarified.
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Corning wins UPC injunction against TCL TVs over glass sheet patent, validating Hisense decision to settle just before CD ruling on validity
After getting LG and Hisense to settle, Corning has now won a UPC ruling against TCL over glass sheets used in TVs. The patent will expire in June, however, and TCL says its current products do not infringe.
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For indirect infringement, the other component need not actually exist, says UPC Dusseldorf LD in filter cartridge case
The UPC’s Dusseldorf LD ruled that a filter cartridge can indirectly infringe a patent even if the complementary funnel is not yet on the market. It also clarified patent exhaustion.
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Video streamers back Tesla against InterDigital, Avanci, as UKSC gears up for end of April pool rate determination hearing
The UK Supreme Court is due to hear Tesla’s pool rate determination case against InterDigital and Avanci from April 27 to April 29. Today, it added The Fair Standards Alliance, ACT | The App Association, The Motion Picture Association, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, and the International Center for Law & Economics as intervenors…
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Breaking FRAND? Samsung pushes back on Wilus’s alleged “bad faith” tactics
As Samsung pushes back against Wilus, a court in Texas is asked to decide whether bad-faith negotiations can remove FRAND limits on SEP remedies.
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Brazilian judge gives Snap(chat) five days to justify free-riding on Dolby’s AV1 patents: injunction looms large
The noose is tightening in Brazil with Snapchat operator Snap facing an AV1 injunction very soon unless it takes a license from Dolby or, far more likely, Access Advance.