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Acer and Longhorn asserting 4G SEPs against truck maker PACCAR and its DAF brand in Texas and Germany
Read more: Acer and Longhorn asserting 4G SEPs against truck maker PACCAR and its DAF brand in Texas and GermanyPACCAR, a truck maker with a market capitalization at a level with Ford and GM, lacks cellular standard-essential patent licenses. It has been sued in Munich and Marshall, TX.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): first UK injunction, clarifications on evidence preservation, intermediate generalization, lots of new cases, and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): first UK injunction, clarifications on evidence preservation, intermediate generalization, lots of new cases, and moreThis is the new structure of our Unified Patent Court Roundup, which is now developing throughout the week. Quick explainer: You get a UPC Roundup of the same structure as always when the week is over, but now you can see it developing during the course of the week, giving you a second option (the…
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BLACK FRIDAY: Two court orders have marginalized the UK in global patent litigation, and it probably won’t come back short of joining the UPC
Read more: BLACK FRIDAY: Two court orders have marginalized the UK in global patent litigation, and it probably won’t come back short of joining the UPCOPINION Yesterday will go down in history as the day on which the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) and the courts above it lost the largest part of the relevance they used to have in the global patent litigation arena. It took only two orders authored by German judges, both of…
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Munich court on SEP royalties: the higher, the better for innovation so long as products don’t disappear; top-down is wrong, Huawei v. ZTE outdated
Read more: Munich court on SEP royalties: the higher, the better for innovation so long as products don’t disappear; top-down is wrong, Huawei v. ZTE outdatedPresiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has authored a SEP guidance document that takes bold and clear positions.
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GAME OVER: UK interim license declarations are useless as Munich court threatens injunctions against pressure on SEP holders
Read more: GAME OVER: UK interim license declarations are useless as Munich court threatens injunctions against pressure on SEP holdersThe Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has issued guidance that shows ZTE is winning against Samsung and UK interim license declarations are a waste of time and money.
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BREAKING: Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division enters first-ever UPC injunction relating to UK: Fujifilm v. Kodak
Read more: BREAKING: Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division enters first-ever UPC injunction relating to UK: Fujifilm v. KodakThe Mannheim LD just entered the UPC’s first-ever injunction relating to the UK, after holding a separate hearing to discuss the implications of this.
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Transsion facing Brazilian HEVC SEP lawsuits by NEC and JVC, UPC lawsuits by NEC and Sun Patent Trust: all three are Access Advance licensors
Read more: Transsion facing Brazilian HEVC SEP lawsuits by NEC and JVC, UPC lawsuits by NEC and Sun Patent Trust: all three are Access Advance licensorsNEC is suing Transsion in the UPC and Brazil, Sun Patent Trust only in the UPC and JVC only in Brazil (all of that based on presently known cases).
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Lenovo, Quectel join Avanci 5G as licensors; 225 million vehicles now connected through Avanci Vehicle
Read more: Lenovo, Quectel join Avanci 5G as licensors; 225 million vehicles now connected through Avanci VehicleLenovo and Quectel, both major implementers, have signed up to Avanci 5G Vehicle (Lenovo also Avanci 4G) as licensors, bringing the total number of licensors on the program to 60, while Avanci Vehicle has now licensed 225 million connected vehicles.


