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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Read more: Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTABLast month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputes
Read more: BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputesThe Chinese low-cost smartphone maker is the market leader in Africa and sells high volumes of phones in various (mostly emerging) markets.
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BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG Electronics
Read more: BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG ElectronicsNokia has acquired nearly 300 video patents covering coding and encoding technologies from LG Electronics, according to USPTO assignment records.
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Federal Circuit rules Samsung IPR petition valid despite Unified Patents membership, no estoppel
Read more: Federal Circuit rules Samsung IPR petition valid despite Unified Patents membership, no estoppelIn a precedential decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that while Samsung is a member of Unified Patents, their parallel petitions for inter partes review of a Gesture Technology Partner patent are both valid.
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Nokia offered non-proliferation agreement centered around mutual notices to Warner Bros., Paramount; UK judge considers it reasonable
Read more: Nokia offered non-proliferation agreement centered around mutual notices to Warner Bros., Paramount; UK judge considers it reasonableThe article also contains an unofficial English translation of the redacted version of the latest InterDigital v. Amazon decision from Munich.
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This week, ETSI faces the choice between standardization work and mobilization contests, between honesty and charade
Read more: This week, ETSI faces the choice between standardization work and mobilization contests, between honesty and charadeIf ETSI’s General Assembly votes in favor of notorious, Bloomberg-exposed astroturfers, it will be a disappointing inflection point in the organization’s history.
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Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaigns
Read more: Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaignsThe United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed Oura a victory in its smart ring patent litigation against Samsung, upholding a key patent that the latter had challenged ahead of its Galaxy Ring launch.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): FTO confers revocation standing; creation of transcripts based on official recording disallowed; long-arm jurisdiction without local defendant; and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): FTO confers revocation standing; creation of transcripts based on official recording disallowed; long-arm jurisdiction without local defendant; and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our November 24, 2025 UPC Roundup. 1. CoA 1.1 CoA clarifies inventive step, territorial scope, and public-interest limits (Edwards v. Meril) (link to detailed article with nine takeaways for practitioners) In the long-running Edwards v. Meril dispute, a…


