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UPC requires security: with official capital of 1 euro, patent holder seeks PI to complicate offside detection at EURO 2024 soccer tournament
Read more: UPC requires security: with official capital of 1 euro, patent holder seeks PI to complicate offside detection at EURO 2024 soccer tournamentThe UPC’s Hamburg Local Division has already determined that the patent-in-suit is simple enough so as not to require the involvement of a technically qualified judge.
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Munich I Regional Court chastised Lenovo for “hold-out tactics” and declined to recognize UK FRAND determination
Read more: Munich I Regional Court chastised Lenovo for “hold-out tactics” and declined to recognize UK FRAND determinationInterDigital’s licensing chief has quoted certain passages of the Munich I Regional Court’s recent InterDigital v. Lenovo judgment that reflect unfavorably on Lenovo’s refusal to take a license.
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EU Commission, French government to top EU court: it’s OK to enforce non-EU (e.g., U.S.) patents in EU court against EU defendants
Read more: EU Commission, French government to top EU court: it’s OK to enforce non-EU (e.g., U.S.) patents in EU court against EU defendantsYesterday the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice heard BSH v. Electrolux, a case originating from Sweden that raises the question of cross-border patent enforcement.
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After Champions League final, shortly before EURO: UPC preliminary injunction hearing over offside detection patent asserted against UEFA
Read more: After Champions League final, shortly before EURO: UPC preliminary injunction hearing over offside detection patent asserted against UEFAThe Unified Patent Court’s Hamburg Local Division will hear the preliminary injunction request by Ballinno against UEFA and Kinexon on the first business day after the UEFA Champions League final.
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UPC Court of Appeal leaves reliance on prosecution history for another day, affirms PI denial based on holistic claim construction
Read more: UPC Court of Appeal leaves reliance on prosecution history for another day, affirms PI denial based on holistic claim constructionThe Unified Patent Court’s Court of Appeal didn’t have to address the question of whether a patent’s prosecution history is relevant to claim construction, as it affirmed the Munich Local Division’s denial of a preliminary injunction on other grounds.
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Good for NPEs and litigation funders: UPC Munich LD denies requests to order U.S.-based licensing firm to provide security for litigation costs
Read more: Good for NPEs and litigation funders: UPC Munich LD denies requests to order U.S.-based licensing firm to provide security for litigation costsThe Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division denied a request by Volkswagen, its Audi subsidiary and Texas Instruments that a license firm be ordered to provide security for litigation expenses.
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WiLAN subsidiary IPA Technologies obtains $242M verdict against Microsoft over patent related to Apple’s Siri voice assistant
Read more: WiLAN subsidiary IPA Technologies obtains $242M verdict against Microsoft over patent related to Apple’s Siri voice assistantA lawsuit filed in the Delaware in early 2018 against Microsoft over six patents resulted in a verdict over just one of those patents, but amounting to $242 million.
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UPC’s Paris Central Division: standstill clause goes to admissibility of revocation claim, not to jurisdiction
Read more: UPC’s Paris Central Division: standstill clause goes to admissibility of revocation claim, not to jurisdictionThe Unified Patent Court’s Paris Central Division has rejected a preliminary objection against a revocation action, holding that a standstill agreement may result in an inadmissibility finding, but not in a lack of jurisdiction.
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