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UPC’s Paris CD: disloyalty of counsel is not the other party’s business, and court provides guidance on sufficiently concrete claims
Read more: UPC’s Paris CD: disloyalty of counsel is not the other party’s business, and court provides guidance on sufficiently concrete claimsThe Unified Patent Court’s Paris Central Division has clarified that (a) an adversary has no standing to allege disloyal conduct by someone’s counsel and (b) gives guidance on what makes an injunction request and a damages claim sufficiently concrete.
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$847 million patent verdict against Verizon; Ericsson on extended receiving end of $583M part, fighting patent at PTAB jointly with Nokia
Read more: $847 million patent verdict against Verizon; Ericsson on extended receiving end of $583M part, fighting patent at PTAB jointly with NokiaContext: Hardly a month passes without a non-practicing entity (NPE) obtaining a patent damages verdict in the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. district court (May 11, 2024 ip fray article). What’s new: On Friday (June 28, 2024), a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded NPE General Access Solutions $847 million over…
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Supreme Court casts USPTO into greatest legal uncertainty in its (at least modern) history: Loper Bright v. Raimondo
Read more: Supreme Court casts USPTO into greatest legal uncertainty in its (at least modern) history: Loper Bright v. RaimondoThe Supreme Court has overruled a decades-old doctrine that entitled government agencies such as the USPTO to deference on legal questions concerning their governing statutes.
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Samsung began Galaxy Ring mass production on June 6, will launch in U.S. in early August: court filing
Read more: Samsung began Galaxy Ring mass production on June 6, will launch in U.S. in early August: court filingSamsung’s latest court filing in a dispute with smart-ring maker Oura states the exact date on which Samsung began manufacturing the Galaxy Ring and indicates a U.S. launch in early August.
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UPC Hamburg LD deems three-month delay too much for preliminary injunction request: Ballinno v. Kinexion & UEFA
Read more: UPC Hamburg LD deems three-month delay too much for preliminary injunction request: Ballinno v. Kinexion & UEFABased on current case law, Preliminary injunction requests in the Unified Patent Court’s German Local Divisions should be brought as soon as possible, and not more than two months after identifying an infringement.
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UPC may deem OPPO’s FRAND counterclaim against Panasonic inadmissible; order also discusses timeliness of claim construction arguments and amended claims
Read more: UPC may deem OPPO’s FRAND counterclaim against Panasonic inadmissible; order also discusses timeliness of claim construction arguments and amended claimsA new order by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division discusses a FRAND rate-setting counterclaim by OPPO, the window for proposing amendments to the patent-in-suit and the requirement to make claim construction arguments early.
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Damages are owed if patent would be infringed in Germany and promotion leads to actual foreign sales and production: Federal Court of Justice
Read more: Damages are owed if patent would be infringed in Germany and promotion leads to actual foreign sales and production: Federal Court of JusticeThe Federal Court of Justice of Germany has vacated and remanded a zero-damages decision in a case in which a machine was installed in a foreign country, where the patent had not been renewed, but promoted in Germany.



