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After rushing SEP Regulation through Parliament, rapporteur’s aide joined EUIPO as liaison officer: revolving door
Read more: After rushing SEP Regulation through Parliament, rapporteur’s aide joined EUIPO as liaison officer: revolving doorA parliamentary aide with enormous influence over the rapporteur’s views and the procedural schedule joined the EUIPO only two days after the first-reading plenary vote as its new liaison officer for relations with the European Commission.
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Famous patent monetizer Frohwitter’s supercomputer firm files multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over Microsoft’s cloud/AI infrastructure
Read more: Famous patent monetizer Frohwitter’s supercomputer firm files multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over Microsoft’s cloud/AI infrastructureSusman Godfrey represents supercomputer firm ParTec, run by IPCom founder and former patent litigator Bernhard Frohwitter, in a new cloud computing patent dispute with Microsoft.
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USPTO, UKIPO formalize alliance on standard-essential patent policy, seeking to dissuade EU from regulatory excess — UPDATE: UKIPO denies advocacy objective
Read more: USPTO, UKIPO formalize alliance on standard-essential patent policy, seeking to dissuade EU from regulatory excess — UPDATE: UKIPO denies advocacy objectiveThe patent offices of the United States and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a memorandum on standard-essential patent policy. One objective is to dissuade the EU from unhelpful regulatory overreach.
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UPC’s Hamburg LD grants Tesla discovery into Avago’s standing to sue over Broadcom patent: self-dealing questioned
Read more: UPC’s Hamburg LD grants Tesla discovery into Avago’s standing to sue over Broadcom patent: self-dealing questionedThe Unified Patent Court’s Hamburg Local Division has granted Tesla access to certain documents related to an internal patent transfer by Avago-Broadcom.
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Dolby continues to acquire patent licensing businesses, buys GE Licensing; previously, Dolby’s Via acquired MPEG LA
Read more: Dolby continues to acquire patent licensing businesses, buys GE Licensing; previously, Dolby’s Via acquired MPEG LADolby is a leader in consolidation in the patent licensing business. Today Dolby announced the acquisition of GE Licensing. Last year, Dolby-owned Via Licensing acquired patent pool manager MPEG LA.
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UPC’s Munich LD: patentees get two months to seek preliminary injunction, defendants get only three invalidity contentions
Read more: UPC’s Munich LD: patentees get two months to seek preliminary injunction, defendants get only three invalidity contentionsThe Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division believes a preliminary injunction motion filed within a two-month window is timely, and defendants must limit themselves to three invalidity contentions.
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Assignment rules in Western District of Texas now cover related cases, but Judge Albright just got another Proxense lawsuit
Read more: Assignment rules in Western District of Texas now cover related cases, but Judge Albright just got another Proxense lawsuitA complaint that was filed one day after the latest revision of the Western District’s assignment rules was ordered has already been assigned to Judge Albright for judicial-economy reasons.