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German judges and InterDigital effectively lobbying harder for EU SEP Regulation than auto industry and Apple
Read more: German judges and InterDigital effectively lobbying harder for EU SEP Regulation than auto industry and AppleDespite having lost two rounds of rate-setting litigation in the UK against Lenovo, InterDigital is enforcing a German injunction that is irreconcilable with EU competition law and shows the broken state of German SEP case law.
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Person running shell companies behind 100+ lawsuits over IP Edge patents must testify in person on fraud allegations
Read more: Person running shell companies behind 100+ lawsuits over IP Edge patents must testify in person on fraud allegationsThe Federal Circuit affirmed an order by a district court to compel a person to testify in court as part of an inquiry into potentially fraudulent litigation conduct involving IP Edge and a number of satellite LLCs.
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Ericsson and OPPO announce license deal while InterDigital unconvincingly attempts to explain away its UK FRAND defeat
Read more: Ericsson and OPPO announce license deal while InterDigital unconvincingly attempts to explain away its UK FRAND defeatEricsson announces a multi-year license agreement with OPPO, a company against which InterDigital continues to litigate. InterDigital tries to explain away its UK defeat, but the damage is done.
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Lenovo’s major UK win over InterDigital: chart and further analysis
Read more: Lenovo’s major UK win over InterDigital: chart and further analysisFriday’s UK appellate ruling awards InterDigital a per-unit royalty from Lenovo that amounts to only 45% of what it was seeking.
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Lenovo defeats InterDigital in UK: FRAND rate of 22.5 cents per unit vs. 17.5 cents before, way below InterDigital’s 49 cents
Read more: Lenovo defeats InterDigital in UK: FRAND rate of 22.5 cents per unit vs. 17.5 cents before, way below InterDigital’s 49 centsWhile InterDigital claims victory, the numbers speak a clear langiuage: Lenovo won.
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Automotive lobbyists write to Avanci about derivation of 5G SEP royalty rate, but their letter reflects misconceptions
Read more: Automotive lobbyists write to Avanci about derivation of 5G SEP royalty rate, but their letter reflects misconceptionsAutomotive lobbying groups from different countries and continents addressed a letter to Avanci about how it arrived at its 5G pool rate.
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EU Commission jumps the gun on SEP Regulation, makes call for tenders that could be waste of time and money
Read more: EU Commission jumps the gun on SEP Regulation, makes call for tenders that could be waste of time and moneyIt is astounding that the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for the Internal Market (DG GROW) wants to spend time and money on a study about a hypothetical regulation that is not guaranteed to be passed into law in any particular form.
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Explicit split: UPC’s Mannheim LD elects to impose more restrictive confidentiality regime in Panasonic v. OPPO than Munich
Read more: Explicit split: UPC’s Mannheim LD elects to impose more restrictive confidentiality regime in Panasonic v. OPPO than MunichThe Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division decided to impose stricter confidentiality requirements for the Panasonic-OPPO dispute than its Munich counterpart.