Category: Automotive Industry Players
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Judge Albright (order), BMW (contempt motion) up pressure on Onesta to withdraw Munich lawsuits over U.S. patents after Federal Circuit order
The question of ex-U.S. lawsuits over U.S. patents was interesting enough. But the immediacy of oral orders of specific performance is arguably even more important.
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Both BMW and Onesta made inconsistent representations in U.S. antisuit dispute this week; Federal Circuit makes first decision
The Federal Circuit will decide on a motion to stay enforcement after Judge Albright has issued his written injunction ruling.
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BREAKING: Judge Albright orders immediate withdrawal of Munich lawsuits over U.S. patents (BMW v. Onesta antisuit injunction)
At the end of a motion hearing in the Western District of Texas, licensing firm Onesta was ordered immediately to withdraw its lawsuits in Munich over two U.S. patents.
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NPE Onesta will not seek anti-antisuit injunction against BMW’s U.S. antisuit injunction barring Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: de-escalation
Non-practicing entity Onesta puts the fate of BMW’s antisuit injunction (which is presently only a TRO) entirely into the hands of the U.S. federal judiciary.
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Tesla should learn from Amazon-InterDigital, take an Avanci 5G license: even if its long-shot UKSC appeal succeeded, it wouldn’t help
For cross-jurisdictional reasons, Tesla should give up on its UK case against Avanci and InterDigital, in which it lost the first two rounds.
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Judge Albright extends BMW’s antisuit TRO against Munich lawsuit over U.S. patents to prevent AASI, schedules motion hearing for January 13
After the hearing, a preliminary injunction will issue or the temporary restraining order will be lifted. Either way, the decision can then be appealed.
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Opposition brief filed: could copyright-related case law persuade Judge Albright to lift BMW’s antisuit injunction against Munich lawsuit over U.S. patents?
Onesta has raised various arguments against BMW’s antisuit motion, some of which are potentially more compelling than others.
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Judge Albright grants BMW antisuit TRO against Onesta with respect to Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: in force until December 30
BMW’s motion for a temporary restraining order was granted apart from a couple of items that clearly went beyond the reasonable scope of a TRO.
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BMW seeks U.S. antisuit and anti-anti-antisuit injunction against NPE Onesta’s Munich lawsuit over two U.S. patents: Western District of Texas
The first-ever assertion of U.S. patents in a German court has now drawn, anything but unexpectedly, countermeasures in U.S. district court.
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Nokia signs bilateral wireless patent licensing agreement with automaker Stellantis, acquires WiFi 7 patents from Huawei
In a blog post today, Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, announced that the company has signed a bilateral patent licensing agreement with Stellantis – its fourth major WLAN license deal with an automaker this year – and acquired several of Huawei’s WiFi 7-related patents.