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Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleaners
Read more: Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleanersTineco’s design-arounds have worked, but the Hong Kong company was unable to challenge the ITC’s domestic industry determination as to patentee Bissell.
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10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patents
Read more: 10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patentsIn the next-generation sequencing space, 10x Genomics has settled its litigation with Curio Biosciences, just before filing a new patent infringement lawsuit against Element Biosciences in Delaware.
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Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysis
Read more: Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysisA redacted version of the full Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate judgment has become available over the weekend. Here you can find an English machine translation and a Chinese author’s personal take.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA says generic reference is not leave to appeal; CD Milan revokes remdesivir-related patent; and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA says generic reference is not leave to appeal; CD Milan revokes remdesivir-related patent; and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of May 4, 2026.
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Samsung requested €295M ($350M) security for enforcement of Germany-wide patent injunction against its phones and tablets
Read more: Samsung requested €295M ($350M) security for enforcement of Germany-wide patent injunction against its phones and tabletsSamsung defended itself in that case (barring a successful appeal), so there will be no need for enforcement security. But the collateral demand is interesting in light of a German injunction ZTE obtained against Samsung last week.
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Nissan settles patent dispute with Broadcom
Read more: Nissan settles patent dispute with BroadcomBroadcom is still embroiled in litigation with Renault (which is under enormous settlement pressure as an injunction is being enforced) and Hyundai.
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Amazon latest target in AI voice tech patent infringement campaign: sued in ITC, Eastern District of Texas
Read more: Amazon latest target in AI voice tech patent infringement campaign: sued in ITC, Eastern District of TexasAI software firm Cerence has filed three complaints against Amazon in the United States International Trade Commission and the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of voice tech-related patents. The company already sued Apple and Samsung over similar technologies, reaching a successful $49.5 million settlement with the latter last year.
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Appeals court upholds Nokia’s Brazilian AVC SEP injunction against ASUS, throws out part of expert report with implications for Acer case
Read more: Appeals court upholds Nokia’s Brazilian AVC SEP injunction against ASUS, throws out part of expert report with implications for Acer caseASUS hoped to get Nokia’s Brazilian preliminary injunction lifted by an appeals court, but the PI remains in force and an expert report favoring ASUS’s cause has been deemed unreliable. That also affects a case against Acer.


