Category: Germany
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UPC’s first Brazilian plaintiff wins PI in parallel Munich proceedings
Brazilian implant manufacturer Silimed, which filed the Unified Patent Court’s first Brazilian complaint last month, has won a preliminary injunction against its rival Polytech in the Munich Regional Court in parallel proceedings.
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Interview with Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen (Munich I Regional Court) on FRAND disclosure proceedings without infringement litigation, PIs, and more
Practitioners take note: at last week’s Nokia v. Acer & ASUS trial, Presiding Judge Dr. Schoen mentioned a new procedure for FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) disclosures. We were curious to dive deeper into this and had other questions as well.
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ASUS affiliate Innovative Sonic wins 5G SEP injunction against OPPO and OnePlus in Munich
Two weeks after OPPO prevailed for the first time on a 5G patent assertion against ASUS, the latter’s affiliate Innovative Sonic strikes back with a 5G injunction.
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Munich court enjoins Deutsche Telekom’s high-speed fixed-line offering, lets Broadcom, Nokia, Huawei (but not Adtran) off the hook
In a differentiated reasoning, the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber explained in open court that only Deutsche Telekom’s use of Adtran products, but not that of Huawei and Nokia products, infringed the patent-in-suit.
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Nokia wins second pair of HEVC injunctions against Acer, ASUS in Munich I Regional Court
Nokia is already enforcing an HEVC injunction in Germany against Acer and ASUS. Now it has a second one in place, making it harder for the computer makers to resume their sales in the near term.
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ZTE makes standard-essential patent HISTORY as first-ever defendant to prevail on FRAND defense in Munich (against Samsung)
This is even more historic than ZTE’s appellate victory (also over Samsung) in the UK regarding an interim-license declaration.
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AI opportunities, UK interim license frustration and global SEP injunction divergence: highlights from Via’s Business Summit in Rome
ip fray breaks down some of the highlights of Via Licensing Alliance’s third-ever Business Summit in Rome this week, where it took part as official media partner and one of the panel moderators.
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ZTE, Samsung now awaiting four court rulings after recent trials: considerable risk of knockout punches; Samsung already trying to avoid costs in U.S.
Four ZTE-Samsung cases are under advisement in four different courts in three different countries. Two of them could get Samsung into trouble and the other two may not go well either.
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HMD files complaint accusing Federal Court of Justice of Germany of violating constitutional rights in ongoing VoiceAge EVS case
In a constitutional complaint filed in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, HMD has alleged that the Federal Court of Justice of Germany’s refusal to refer “essential questions” of EU law to the European Court of Justice constitutes a “violation of its constitutional right to the lawful judge”.
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First U.S. patent long-arm assertions in German court withdrawn with prejudice as Onesta settles with Qualcomm; separately, NVIDIA settled
The realistic best-case scenario for BMW materialized with respect to costs. But the overall course of events will not completely discourage others from pulling an Onesta.