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Xockets’ antitrust claims against Microsoft, Nvidia and RPX may fail, but group boycott of patent holders remains overarching concern
Read more: Xockets’ antitrust claims against Microsoft, Nvidia and RPX may fail, but group boycott of patent holders remains overarching concernXockets tries to salvage its antitrust claims against Microsoft, Nvidia and RPX over an alleged conspiracy not to license or buy its patents that it claims are essential to AI.
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ITC judge recommends U.S. import ban on Amazon streaming devices due to violation of 4 out of 5 Nokia multimedia patents
Read more: ITC judge recommends U.S. import ban on Amazon streaming devices due to violation of 4 out of 5 Nokia multimedia patentsBetween Ericsson’s win over Lenovo and now Nokia’s over Amazon, U.S. trade judges have deemed 8 standard-essential patents valid and infringed this week.
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Via LA licensors suing Microsoft in Germany and/or UPC over HEVC video codec patents
Read more: Via LA licensors suing Microsoft in Germany and/or UPC over HEVC video codec patentsContext: This fall, HP and TCL took HEVC (H.265) patent pool licenses from Access Advance (October 30, 2024 ip fray article), thereby settling several patent infringement cases. Those companies had previously taken licenses from MPEG LA, which got acquired by Via Licensing last year to form Via LA (May 2, 2023 Via LA press release)….
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UPC’s Mannheim LD grants preliminary injunction, remaining time of 1.5 years until expiration of patent weighs in favor of PI
Read more: UPC’s Mannheim LD grants preliminary injunction, remaining time of 1.5 years until expiration of patent weighs in favor of PIA preliminary injunction ordered by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division comes with a reasoning that will encourage more PI motions in the UPC.
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Netgear running out of time against Huawei as next injunction could come down on January 9, patent exhaustion won’t move needle
Read more: Netgear running out of time against Huawei as next injunction could come down on January 9, patent exhaustion won’t move needleNetgear faces the risk of another WiFi 6 SEP injunction coming down on January 9, and the exhaustion-based carve-out from the December 18 UPC injunction may be useless.
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Chinese medical device makers settle six-year pulse oximeter litigation in the U.S.
Read more: Chinese medical device makers settle six-year pulse oximeter litigation in the U.S.Beijing Choice and Contec settled their patent infringement dispute for US$1 million, and the defendant has agreed not to sell its fingertip oximeters in the U.S. without signing a licensing agreement first.
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UPC’s Munich LD contradicts EU Commission, separately faults Netgear for unsubstantiated rejection of Sisvel’s WiFi 6 pool license offer
Read more: UPC’s Munich LD contradicts EU Commission, separately faults Netgear for unsubstantiated rejection of Sisvel’s WiFi 6 pool license offerHuawei won a multi-country WiFi 6 SEP injunction against Netgear today, and the UPC’s Munich LD has taken various patentee- and pool-friendly positions on FRAND.
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Huawei wins Unified Patent Court injunction against Netgear over WiFi 6 in most important UPC SEP ruling to date
Read more: Huawei wins Unified Patent Court injunction against Netgear over WiFi 6 in most important UPC SEP ruling to dateThe Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division has granted Huawei a multi-country injunction against Netgear over a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent.
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