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Philips and Vivo settle five-year Indian 3G, 4G SEP dispute
Read more: Philips and Vivo settle five-year Indian 3G, 4G SEP disputeThe companies’ patent licensing agreement comes over a year after Oppo settled with Philips in a parallel dispute – diverging from a pattern of settlements involving both parties occurring in short succession of each other.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): product-by-process claims, laches, BSH applied ever more often, belated addition of prior art reference, and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): product-by-process claims, laches, BSH applied ever more often, belated addition of prior art reference, and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our April 7, 2025 UPC Roundup. Besides various procedural matters, some substantive questions such as product-by-process claims and laches were addressed as well. 1. CoA affirms denial of preliminary objection, allows addition of defendant and two countries, among them…
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BREAKING: Nokia ramps up enforcement campaign against Acer, ASUS and Hisense—files ITC complaint
Read more: BREAKING: Nokia ramps up enforcement campaign against Acer, ASUS and Hisense—files ITC complaintThe Finnish SEP giant’s complaint comes less than a week after it also filed suits against the consumer electronics makers in three separate U.S. district courts.
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BREAKING: The EU has apparently LOST the WTO proceedings against China over its SEP case law
Read more: BREAKING: The EU has apparently LOST the WTO proceedings against China over its SEP case lawContext: Earlier this year, the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) brought a second World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against China over its standard-essential patent (SEP) case law (January 20, 2025 ip fray article). The first one started with a so-called request for consultations in February 2022 (PDF). What’s new: There are pretty…
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HDMI Licensing Administrator CEO Rob Tobias on Chinese expansion, importance of industry association collaboration
Read more: HDMI Licensing Administrator CEO Rob Tobias on Chinese expansion, importance of industry association collaborationCollaborating with the China Video Industry Association during antitrust investigations and beyond was “critical” for growing business in China, Mr. Tobias told ip fray on the sidelines of Via Licensing Alliance’s Business Summit in Shanghai last month.
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InterDigital strikes patent licensing agreement with HP, Eeva Hakoranta steps down as Chief Licensing Officer
Read more: InterDigital strikes patent licensing agreement with HP, Eeva Hakoranta steps down as Chief Licensing OfficerVP of Licensing and Head of the company’s Smartphone Licensing Program Julia Mattis is now Interim Chief Licensing Officer, as the company commences searching for a full-time replacement.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): another significant injunction, adoption of problem-solution approach in Munich, high-profile settlements, and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): another significant injunction, adoption of problem-solution approach in Munich, high-profile settlements, and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our March 29, 2025 UPC Roundup. This week has brought various interesting decisions especially by the Mannheim and Munich Local Divisions (LDs) as well as three high-profile settlements and a bunch of new cases. 1. Fujifilm v. Kodak…
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