Author: Florian Mueller
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Xockets’ antitrust claims against Microsoft, Nvidia and RPX may fail, but group boycott of patent holders remains overarching concern
Xockets tries to salvage its antitrust claims against Microsoft, Nvidia and RPX over an alleged conspiracy not to license or buy its patents that it claims are essential to AI.
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ITC judge recommends U.S. import ban on Amazon streaming devices due to violation of 4 out of 5 Nokia multimedia patents
Between Ericsson’s win over Lenovo and now Nokia’s over Amazon, U.S. trade judges have deemed 8 standard-essential patents valid and infringed this week.
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Via LA licensors suing Microsoft in Germany and/or UPC over HEVC video codec patents
Context: This fall, HP and TCL took HEVC (H.265) patent pool licenses from Access Advance (October 30, 2024 ip fray article), thereby settling several patent infringement cases. Those companies had previously taken licenses from MPEG LA, which got acquired by Via Licensing last year to form Via LA (May 2, 2023 Via LA press release)….
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UPC’s Mannheim LD grants preliminary injunction, remaining time of 1.5 years until expiration of patent weighs in favor of PI
A preliminary injunction ordered by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division comes with a reasoning that will encourage more PI motions in the UPC.
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Netgear running out of time against Huawei as next injunction could come down on January 9, patent exhaustion won’t move needle
Netgear faces the risk of another WiFi 6 SEP injunction coming down on January 9, and the exhaustion-based carve-out from the December 18 UPC injunction may be useless.
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UPC’s Munich LD contradicts EU Commission, separately faults Netgear for unsubstantiated rejection of Sisvel’s WiFi 6 pool license offer
Huawei won a multi-country WiFi 6 SEP injunction against Netgear today, and the UPC’s Munich LD has taken various patentee- and pool-friendly positions on FRAND.
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Huawei wins Unified Patent Court injunction against Netgear over WiFi 6 in most important UPC SEP ruling to date
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division has granted Huawei a multi-country injunction against Netgear over a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent.
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USITC judge sides with Ericsson on 4 out of 4 standard-essential patents, throws out Lenovo’s other defenses: U.S. import ban looms large
Lenovo has suffered a crushing preliminary defeat in the U.S. International Trade Commission as all four Ericsson standard-essential patents at the heart of the investigation have been held valid and infringed.
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Nokia’s Chinese licensing success story continues as wireless innovator announces patent license agreement with second Chinese car maker
Nokia has announced that a second unnamed automaker from China has taken a bilateral license to its cellular standard-essential patents.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): Munich LD allows subsequent assertion of another claim set; 9 seconds to revocation; CoA on injunction enforcement; and other developments
This is a summary of developments in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) since the previous roundup (December 7, 2024 ip fray article). There have been some interesting decisions lately, with quite a bit more to come before the holidays. 1. Assertion of additional category of patent claims during course of proceedings does not constitute an…