Category: Germany
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UK appeals court not amused: Panasonic risks appellate loss to Xiaomi or antisuit injunction plus sanctions in case of AASI
By first agreeing to have FRAND rates set by the English courts and subsequently preferring to seek leverage from UPC and German SEP injunctions, Panasonic may have outmaneuvered itself.
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New Huawei v. Netgear filings discovered in Munich and UPC interim conference to take place next week: WiFi 6 SEPs
Huawei has concluded many WiFi 6 licenses without litigation, and has recently settled disputes with Amazon and German router maker AVM. Netgear is facing six WiFi 6 SEP assertions in the UPC and German national courts.
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Munich appeals court raises enforcement security amount from €4 to €26 million in WiFi 6 SEP case: Atlas Global v. TP-Link
Context: The Munich I Regional Court’s Seventh Civil Chamber, the best-known patent infringement panel there, has recently taken a highly skeptical approach to the security amounts requested by defendants in the event of a provisional (i.e., while an appeal is pending) enforcement of an injunction. One noteworthy case in which a rather low amount of…
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European Commission court filing completely disagrees with Sisvel v. Haier: German SEP case law is irreconcilable with EU law
In an amicus curiae brief filed in an appeal by HMD of a Munich judgment in favor of VoiceAge EVS, the European Commission completely rejects (without mentioning it by name) the Sisvel v. Haier decision by Germrany’s Federal Court of Justice.
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Mr Justice Meade’s letter to UPC, German judges regarding upcoming FRAND determination in Panasonic v. Xiaomi & OPPO
Two weeks after ip fray reported on Mr Justice Meade’s plan to write a letter to his colleagues on the UPC and two German national courts regarding his upcoming FRAND determinatoin, the actual letter has become available.
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ASUSTeK affiliate suing Lenovo in UPC as well as Munich I Regional Court: September trial
Innovative Sonic Limited is suing Lenovo in the UPC as well as the Munich I Regional Court over ASUSTeK patents.
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Damages are owed if patent would be infringed in Germany and promotion leads to actual foreign sales and production: Federal Court of Justice
The Federal Court of Justice of Germany has vacated and remanded a zero-damages decision in a case in which a machine was installed in a foreign country, where the patent had not been renewed, but promoted in Germany.
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Next Munich SEP injunction looms large in Panasonic v. OPPO: court inclined to deem patent valid and essential
At yesterday’s Panasonic v. OPPO trial, the Munich I Regional Court’s 21st Civil Chamber stated a preliminary opinion according to which the patent is valid and infringed. An injunction looms large.