Category: IP-related competition matters
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SEP news: HMD has withdrawn its EU antitrust complaint against VoiceAge EVS, which has just won another Munich injunction against OPPO
Besides the withdrawal of HMD’s complaint, a public redacted version of a Mannheim judgment vindicates VoiceAge’s FRAND licensing conduct. And pressure is mouting on OPPO.
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Apple will appeal royalty-free compulsory IP license in Epic competition case: U.S. contempt ruling could lead even to criminal prosecution
Context: Apple is anathema to many in the intellectual property (IP) community, particularly to large parts of the standard-essential patent (SEP) ecosystem, because it has for a long time advocated the devaluation of SEPs (a strategy that its litigation with Qualcomm exposed) and generally favors policies that complicate patent enforcement against deep-pocketed defendants. ip fray…
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The UK must be more consistently pro-IP to achieve its government’s growth goals: judicial and regulatory overreach runs counter to agenda
The current UK government talks the pro-business (and pro-innovation) talk, but must also walk the pro-IP walk. Consistently so.
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Huawei’s two UPC lawsuits against MediaTek add another jurisdiction to a dispute that actually has its center of gravity in China
Context: Recently, a MediaTek case against Huawei in the UK, with a wide range of claims from antitrust to FRAND to declaratory judgment to infringement, survived a jurisdictional challenge, as the hurdle at that stage is low (March 2025 LinkedIn post by ip fray) What’s new: The two latest infringement complaints listed in the public…
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Podcast on EU (over)regulation with a Member of the European Parliament and experienced trade and competition lawyers
Yesterday was an extraordinarily important day for the European Union’s approach to regulation. The European Commission (EC) released its 2025 work program, according to which the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents and the AI Liability Directive have been withdrawn (initial report, overview of third-party statements). It was also the day that the Vice President…
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Xockets now trying to assert patents against Microsoft’s Fungible and Azure Boost DPUs after first focusing on Microsoft’s use of Nvidia chips
Patent holder Xockets continues its patent and antitrust litigation against Nvidia and Microsoft with extreme maneuvering.
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In pivotal FRAND case, Munich appeals court struggles with two aspects of Huawei v. ZTE — and unnecessarily so
In a SEP case in which the European Commission is intervening as an amicus curiae, the Munich Higher Regional Court raised two questions about Huawei v. ZTE that this article answers.
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EU commissioner-designate for Internal Market makes strong commitment to UPC, won’t risk confirmation over SEP Regulation
The likely new EU commissioner for the Internal Market, Stéphane Séjourné has made an unequivocal statement in favor of strengthening the Unified Patent Court, and said what he had to say at this stage about the proposed SEP Regulation.
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Xiaomi complains to EU over Panasonic’s standard-essential patent tactics: moment of truth for UPC, German courts
Xiaomi has filed an EU antitrust complaint over Panasonic’s pursuit of injunctive relief despite a procedural agreement to have a global FRAND rate determined in the UK.
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Apple may finally have reduced financial commitment to ACT, but its SME astroturfing on SEP policy continues
A notorious Apple lobbying front continues to claim to advocate the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises in connection with standard-essential patents and other tech policy questions.