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OPPO fires back at ASUS in China: files first-known VVC SEP suit
Read more: OPPO fires back at ASUS in China: files first-known VVC SEP suitOPPO has sued ASUS over the alleged infringement of several of its Versatile Video Coding-related SEPs in the Shanghai IP Court, after the defendant brought its own wireless patent infringement claims in the Munich I Regional Court and UPC.
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Honoring lawyers who secure outcomes in UPC and SEP cases: ip fray launches its new achievement lists
Read more: Honoring lawyers who secure outcomes in UPC and SEP cases: ip fray launches its new achievement listsToday we would like to present to you a new way of recognizing excellence in the legal profession with a focus on the results that clients are looking for: ip fray‘s achievement lists for Unified Patent Court (UPC) and standard-essential patent (SEP) cases. If you click on the menu at the top, you find an…
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Judge Albright grants BMW antisuit TRO against Onesta with respect to Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: in force until December 30
Read more: Judge Albright grants BMW antisuit TRO against Onesta with respect to Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: in force until December 30BMW’s motion for a temporary restraining order was granted apart from a couple of items that clearly went beyond the reasonable scope of a TRO.
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After 15 years, Nintendo wins damages award in Mannheim game controller case based on lost profits theory with interest; no deductions for overhead or third-party sales
Read more: After 15 years, Nintendo wins damages award in Mannheim game controller case based on lost profits theory with interest; no deductions for overhead or third-party salesThe amount of close to €7M (including interest) is less interesting than the legal basis on which the court arrived at it.
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Solar panel patent wars continue to heat up in Germany, while CAT faces patent infringement suits in UPC, ITC, Eastern District of Texas
Read more: Solar panel patent wars continue to heat up in Germany, while CAT faces patent infringement suits in UPC, ITC, Eastern District of TexasSolar panel manufacturer Maxeon has filed its third patent infringement lawsuit against Aiko Solar over solar technology patents in the Munich I Regional Court, while Caterpillar (CAT) has also been hit with a third suit over the alleged infringement of one of rival Doosan Bobcat’s hydraulic patents (following two in the U.S.).
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Munich I Regional Court orders one month of imprisonment over sustained refusal to provide information on past patent infringement: unprecedented order
Read more: Munich I Regional Court orders one month of imprisonment over sustained refusal to provide information on past patent infringement: unprecedented orderIn a litigation between two Japanese glass manufacturers one party was found to have disobeyed a key part of a patent infringement ruling that came down in April 2025.
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BMW seeks U.S. antisuit and anti-anti-antisuit injunction against NPE Onesta’s Munich lawsuit over two U.S. patents: Western District of Texas
Read more: BMW seeks U.S. antisuit and anti-anti-antisuit injunction against NPE Onesta’s Munich lawsuit over two U.S. patents: Western District of TexasThe first-ever assertion of U.S. patents in a German court has now drawn, anything but unexpectedly, countermeasures in U.S. district court.
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BREAKING: Access Advance acquires Via Licensing Alliance’s HEVC, VVC patent pools
Read more: BREAKING: Access Advance acquires Via Licensing Alliance’s HEVC, VVC patent poolsThe pools will initially continue running independently, but the goal is to have one combined program – to eliminate market fragmentation – by this time next year, Access Advance’s CEO, Peter Moller, told ip fray.



