Category: Jurisdictions
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European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPs
China has empowered its courts to set binding worldwide royalty rates for EU SEPs without the consent of their patent owners, giving Chinese manufacturers cheaper access to those European technologies unfairly, the European Commission has alleged.
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BREAKING: Qualcomm settles with China’s Transsion (Africa’s smartphone market leader): Indian patent lawsuit withdrawn
A Qualcomm v. Transsion lawsuit was withdrawn in India, suggesting a settlement. Transsion is a Chinese company whose various brands collectively have indisputable leadership in the African smartphone market.
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Avanci responds to Chinese study on automotive SEP license fees: “numerous inaccuracies”
Context: Commonly, when Avanci announces something, it involves new licensors or licensees (see, e.g., this October 9, 2024 ip fray article). Avanci’s automotive pool covers a very high percentage of all 4G and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs), and most of the market (which for 5G depends on whether companies are already implementing it) is licensed….
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Three attempts to use U.S. courts against German (or UPC) patent enforcement actions have failed in recent years: disproven recipe?
It has been tried three times over the past couple of years to leverage U.S. district courts against German courts or the UPC, and it produced nothing but costs.
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World’s top EV battery maker CATL files fresh infringement lawsuit, adds to China’s lengthy battery patent docket
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited’s action marks its seventh patent infringement suit against local rival China Aviation Lithium Battery, with a cumulative claim of over 700 million Chinese yuan (US$ 95.6 million) in damages.
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Netgear settles WiFi 6 standard-essential patent dispute with Huawei, takes license to Sisvel pool between Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court rulings
Netgear and Huawei have filed a motion to stay the U.S: litigation started by the router maker in response to enforcement actions in the UPC and German courts.
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Abbott fends off Dexcom’s push for patent royalties as multi-jurisdictional litigation settles with 10-year zero-zero patent peace over glucose monitoring devices
Abbott and Dexcom have settled a multi-jurisdictional patent dispute over glucose monitoring devices. It appears that Dexcom failed to achieve its goal of getting Abbott to pay.
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Netgear obeys UPC and German anti-antisuit injunctions, yet attempts to thwart Huawei’s patent enforcement through interim license
Netgear has withdrawn its request for a U.S. antisuit injunction against Huawei’s UPC and German cases, but keeps pursuing an interim license.
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Dutch government prepares major patent reform, switching from registration to examination system and strengthening climate tech
The Dutch government has started a public consultation for a major overhaul of its national patent law.
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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)….