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To survive today’s economic climate, it is ‘essential’ for implementers to shape standards too: Turkish consumer electronics manufacturer Vestel’s IP head
Read more: To survive today’s economic climate, it is ‘essential’ for implementers to shape standards too: Turkish consumer electronics manufacturer Vestel’s IP head“Simply remaining a manufacturer is no longer a sustainable strategy in this competitive business,” Vestel’s IP head Kemal Aygor recently told ip fray.
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BREAKING: China issues regulations countering foreign extraterritorial jurisdiction
Read more: BREAKING: China issues regulations countering foreign extraterritorial jurisdictionThe global ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate-setting decision is potentially a targeted scenario.
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K.Mizra sues Google in Western District of Texas after Google drops Northern California DJ action
Read more: K.Mizra sues Google in Western District of Texas after Google drops Northern California DJ actionBy leaving its notoriously patent-hostile home forum, Google allowed the case to be brought in a more favorable venue for the patent holder.
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UPC docket distribution is ‘harmful’ and ‘undermining’ or a ‘non-concern’? European patent attorneys strongly divided
Read more: UPC docket distribution is ‘harmful’ and ‘undermining’ or a ‘non-concern’? European patent attorneys strongly dividedA letter by the European Patent Lawyers Association reveals that most non-German European patent attorneys believe that the current state of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC’s) case distribution (currently very German-heavy) is a huge concern and implore the UPC to change its system. Germans, on the other hand, are strongly against intervention.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): special status of FRAND pleadings recognized; revocation decisions; various procedural clarifications; and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): special status of FRAND pleadings recognized; revocation decisions; various procedural clarifications; and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of April 6, 2026.
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Milan LD’s handling of Ericsson-ASUS cases does nothing to encourage patentees to file in non-German UPC venues
Read more: Milan LD’s handling of Ericsson-ASUS cases does nothing to encourage patentees to file in non-German UPC venuesIf high-stakes cases in rapidly-evolving industries take more than 27 months from docketing to hearing, it will be hard for a less popular UPC division to compete with the top four or five venues.
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Optis asks Judge Gilstrap for re-re-retrial against Apple — preferably with JMOL on infringement — after recent adverse verdict
Read more: Optis asks Judge Gilstrap for re-re-retrial against Apple — preferably with JMOL on infringement — after recent adverse verdictOptis is trying a new tack as its looks to revive its damages claim against Apple.
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UPC’s CD Milan revokes Flexicare nasal cannula patent, says one novelty-destroying prior art mapping is enough
Read more: UPC’s CD Milan revokes Flexicare nasal cannula patent, says one novelty-destroying prior art mapping is enoughThe UPC’s CD Milan revoked Flexicare’s unitary patent on a nasal cannula. The court said that if one reasonable way of mapping prior art onto a patent claim shows the invention is not new, the patent must be revoked.
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