Category: Jurisdictions
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To survive today’s economic climate, it is ‘essential’ for implementers to shape standards too: Turkish consumer electronics manufacturer Vestel’s IP head
“Simply remaining a manufacturer is no longer a sustainable strategy in this competitive business,” Vestel’s IP head Kemal Aygor recently told ip fray.
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BREAKING: China issues regulations countering foreign extraterritorial jurisdiction
The global ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate-setting decision is potentially a targeted scenario.
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K.Mizra sues Google in Western District of Texas after Google drops Northern California DJ action
By leaving its notoriously patent-hostile home forum, Google allowed the case to be brought in a more favorable venue for the patent holder.
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UPC docket distribution is ‘harmful’ and ‘undermining’ or a ‘non-concern’? European patent attorneys strongly divided
A letter by the European Patent Lawyers Association reveals that most non-German European patent attorneys believe that the current state of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC’s) case distribution (currently very German-heavy) is a huge concern and implore the UPC to change its system. Germans, on the other hand, are strongly against intervention.
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Optis asks Judge Gilstrap for re-re-retrial against Apple — preferably with JMOL on infringement — after recent adverse verdict
Optis is trying a new tack as its looks to revive its damages claim against Apple.
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Malikie, Key Patent Innovations launch wave of multi-patent infringement suits targeting seven companies in U.S., including Hisense, NTT
Non-practising entity Key Patent Innovations and its subsidiaries Malikie Innovations and Valtrus have launched a patent infringement campaign asserting multimedia and datacenter-related patents against seven different companies, including Hisense and NTT Global Data, in the Eastern District of Texas and Northern District of Illinois.
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Licensor’s breach of patent license agreement: Delaware Supreme Court enhances LG’s win over Intellectual Ventures
A Delaware ruling shows how suing a licensee’s customers can create upstream liability through indemnification—and how licensing structures may limit exposure through liability caps.
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Federal Circuit revisits standing under U.S. Constitution’s Article III in post-grant appeals
The Federal Circuit dismissed ironSource’s appeal of a PTAB post-grant review, ruling it lacked standing. The court said potential infringement exposure under substitute claims falls short of a concrete “injury in fact”.
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Northern Ireland’s special status at issue in new UPC long-arm ruling; plus, a strategy for substantiating imminent infringement
The dispute between Dyson and Dreame continues to give the Unified Patent Court, at both levels, opportunities to provide important clarifications, particularly on long-arm jurisdiction.