Category: Germany
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Comcast must pay WhereverTV $213 million for infringing X1 program guide patent, Florida jury finds
A Tampa jury found Comcastâs Xfinity X1 guide infringes WhereverTVâs patent, in a case the Federal Circuit revived last year. Post-trial motions come next, Comcast has signaled an appeal.
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Longhorn IP entity files German complaint against farm equipment maker AGCO
The Dusseldorf suit adds to the SEP complaint AGCO is already facing across the country in Munich.
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BASF spin-off also suing Apple over face ID patent infringement in UPC, ITCÂ
The United States International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation into BASF subsidiary TrinamiXâs infringement complaint against Apple over six of its facial recognition-related patents, a month after the plaintiff also sued Apple in both the UPC and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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French consumer rights group urges Disney+ to compensate customers for switching off 4K following InterDigital injunctionsÂ
While Disney+ switched 4K back on again using a workaround in Germany, the streaming giant has not done the same in its other markets, including France.
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Samsung handed third straight win at UPC as Munich LD revokes Maxellâs Galaxy content-casting patent
The UPCâs Munich LD has revoked a Maxell patent covering phone-to-TV content casting for lack of novelty, dismissing its infringement suit against Samsungâs Galaxy lineup and awarding Samsung âŹ620,000.
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YMTC wins two German injunctions against Micron, getting leverage in global NAND memory patent fight: Munich I Regional Court
The Munich I Regional Court today decided two of five YMTC v. Micron cases, granting a pair of injunctions.
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InterDigital brings damages claim against Disney in Germany, building additional pressure to take license
Multiple injunctions have not yet persuaded Disney to take a video patent license from InterDigital, but the streamer is now facing an increasingly diversified enforcement strategy.
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UPC Munich LD will assess implementer willingness ahead of FRAND license disclosure in InterDigital v. TCL
The UPCâs Munich LD has declined to order InterDigital to disclose comparable license agreements while TCLâs willingness to take a FRAND license remains disputed, potentially allowing the court to resolve the FRAND defense without examining those agreements.
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TelefĂłnica successfully defends SEP suit: WiLAN PAE fails to convince German appeals court of infringement
WiLAN patent assertion entity Wireless Future Technologies, Inc. has lost an appeal it filed in the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe in a case against TelefĂłnica over the alleged infringement of one of the PAEâs key LTE-related patents. The case targets TelefĂłnica base stations originally manufactured by Huawei.
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Sol IP sues AGCO over 4G SEPs in Munich: enforcement now hits second farm equipment maker
Sol IP has sued AGCO in Munich over the same two 4G SEPs it used against BYD, extending a pattern of cellular SEP campaigns that has already worked its way through cars and trucks.