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Qualcomm sues smartphone volume giant Transsion in UPC, extending patent enforcement campaign that surfaced in India first
Read more: Qualcomm sues smartphone volume giant Transsion in UPC, extending patent enforcement campaign that surfaced in India firstQualcomm started its patent enforcement campaign against China’s Transsion in India, and now a first UPC lawsuit has become discoverable as well.
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UPC’s Paris LD believes intervenor can’t challenge patent-in-suit in ANY way after defendant failed to bring revocation counterclaim
Read more: UPC’s Paris LD believes intervenor can’t challenge patent-in-suit in ANY way after defendant failed to bring revocation counterclaimThe Unified Patent Court’s Paris Local Division denied a motion to stay an infringement action over an intervenor’s revocation action filed with the Paris Central Division.
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Gallium nitride patent war escalates as Infineon amends U.S. complaint against Innoscience: now asserting four patents, not just one
Read more: Gallium nitride patent war escalates as Infineon amends U.S. complaint against Innoscience: now asserting four patents, not just oneInfineon has filed an amended complaint against Innoscience in the Northern District of California, now inserting three additional patents besides the original patent-in-suit.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal revives Progress v. AWM & Schnell infringement action deemed untimely by Milan LD after evidence preservation
Read more: UPC’s Court of Appeal revives Progress v. AWM & Schnell infringement action deemed untimely by Milan LD after evidence preservationThrough a reserve-and-remand decision, the UPC’s Court of Appeal has breathed new life into a patent infringement action by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG against AWM and Schnell — and has provided clarifications regarding preservation-of-evidence proceedings.
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UPC judges don’t accept “attorneys’ eyes only” designations for confidential information: potential effects on U.S. litigation
Read more: UPC judges don’t accept “attorneys’ eyes only” designations for confidential information: potential effects on U.S. litigationDecision after decision, including the two most recently-published orders, the UPC declines to limit access to confidential business or technical information to outside counsel.
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UK government helps SMEs with new SEP Resource Hub: wealth of information rather than heavy-handed intervention
Read more: UK government helps SMEs with new SEP Resource Hub: wealth of information rather than heavy-handed interventionThe UK Intellectual Property Office today unveiled a treasure trove (particularly for SMEs) of information on standard-essential patent licensing and enforcement.
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Alliance for Automotive Innovation continues to push for lower SEP royalties with weak arguments
Read more: Alliance for Automotive Innovation continues to push for lower SEP royalties with weak argumentsThe Alliance for Automotive Innovation continues to pursue the objective of lower standard-essential patent royalties with legally and factually incorrect assertions.
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Interview with UPC Judge Dr. Walter Schober (Vienna LD) on what’s been achieved and what could be improved
Read more: Interview with UPC Judge Dr. Walter Schober (Vienna LD) on what’s been achieved and what could be improvedOne of ip fray‘s objectives regarding the UPC — apart from covering the development of case law (e.g., today’s article on the Meril v. Edwards Lifesciences validity decision) — is to introduce influential, but thus far lesser-known, patent judges to the IP community. On a hot summer day earlier this week ip fray‘s founder had…



