Category: Jurisdictions
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ITC updates: Infineon withdraws second of four patents against Innoscience, Oura bags smart ring patent victory
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a favorable initial determination for Oura in its smart ring case against rivals Ultrahuman and RingConn, while, in the gallium nitride wars, Infineon has withdrawn a second out of four patents asserted against its competitor Innoscience.
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French court deems public announcement of UPC lawsuit “denigration” of competitor in absence of infringement ruling
Context: Qiagen is suing bioMérieux in the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Dusseldorf Local Division (LD) over a product for testing patients for latent tuberculosis (see item 2 of our March 16, 2025 UPC Roundup). Latent tuberculosis can progress to active tuberculosis. The patent-in-suit is EP2726883 (“A cell mediated immune response assay with enhanced sensitivity”). What’s…
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Apple owes more than $700M in standard-essential patent royalties and interest to licensing firm Optis: England & Wales Court of Appeal
Context: A couple of months ago, the England & Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA) heard Optis’s appeal against Apple (February 25, 2025 ip fray article). In 2023, Mr Justice Marcus Smith — who primarily serves as the President of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, but in this case presided over a standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation…
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Atlas Global at risk of losing four patents-in-suit against defendants including Acer, HP, TP-Link, Vantiva; already lost one definitively
Context: Atlas Global is enforcing WiFi patents acquired from Newracom, an ETRI spinoff, against various device makers in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and in Germany. Last summer, the Oberlandesgericht München (Munich Higher Regional Court) raised the amount of collateral required for enforcement for €4 million to €26 million in an Atlas v. TP-Link case…
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EU appeal against WTO panel decision in proceedings against China confirmed, Chinese government responds
While China welcomes the World Trade Organization’s panel report, it is prepared to arbitrate under the framework of the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Agreement, it has stated.
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ToolGen sues Vertex, Lonza, and RoslinCT over CRISPR patents
ToolGen’s suits come in response to patent oppositions filed by the defendants over its first-ever European CRISPR-Cas9 protein delivery method patent.
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“Pressure points”: Latin America’s role in Amazon-Nokia, Ericsson-Lenovo settlements
Counsel to Nokia and Ericsson reveal why the SEP holders chose Brazil and Colombia for their enforcement campaigns and the role those jurisdictions played in reaching global settlements.
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MediaTek bets on UK judicial overreach with early 2026 FRAND trial in Huawei dispute, gets slapped with Brazilian injunctions
Context: The standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing dispute between Huawei and MediaTek is getting more attention now, in no small part due to Huawei having recently filed two Unified Patent Court (UPC) complaints (April 11, 2025 ip fray article). Previously, MediaTek case against Huawei in the UK, with a throw-in-the-kitchen-sink range of claims from antitrust to…