Category: Jurisdictions
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BREAKING: USITC orders import ban on Innoscience products over infringement of Infineon gallium nitride patent
China’s Innoscience will be prohibited from importing its infringing products into the U.S. market – though the multi-jurisdiction battle with Infineon looks set to continue.
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District judge opens door to rare “reverse doctrine of equivalents” defense in medical device dispute
The judge’s order came amid long-running litigation between Maquet and Abiomed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts over intravascular blood pump technologies.
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Lose three validity battles, win the infringement war? Microsoft’s CNIPA record against Newman’s GUI patent
A long-running Chinese touchscreen patent dispute between Newman Infinite and Microsoft has now reached China’s Supreme People’s Court, after the latter failed in four patent invalidation attempts. But the record is less one-sided than it currently appears to be.
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Munich I Regional Court judgment says ZTE could have demanded up to $798.6M from Samsung; court proposes $640M (5-year) settlement
In record time, the Munich I Regional Court has handed down a detailed judgment further to last Thursday’s ZTE v. Samsung bench ruling. It also explains some of the German court’s disagreements with its UK counterpart.
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Ericsson wants “problem-solving, not posturing”: arbitration offer as safe harbor against “court-manufactured” interim licenses
Ericsson is a major SEP holder, but also licenses other companies’ patents for its network infrastructure products. Is head of patent assertions advocates a balanced, symmetrical approach where arbitration remains voluntary but its rejection precludes interim licenses.
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“About this much”, is how much? Federal Circuit affirms poultry-processing patent invalidity over “vague, indefinite” pH claims
The decision underlines the need for appropriate precision and detail in patent claims that are quantitative in nature.
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USITC seeks input on proposed new rules around real-party-in-interest disclosures
The proposed rulemaking fits with the trend seen across agencies dealing with U.S. patent matters, where there is a push for more transparency around real-parties-in-interest.
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IPR petitions hit lowest-ever monthly total in April as new USPTO policies take hold
Meanwhile, requests for ex parte re-examination have skyrocketed to their highest number in years.
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Delhi High Court orders Xiaomi to deposit $28.7 million in Malikie SEP dispute, cites Shenzhen FRAND case as potential admission
The Delhi High Court directed Xiaomi to deposit ₹272 crores ($28.7 million) as pro tem security in a SEP dispute with Malikie, treating Xiaomi’s parallel FRAND filing in China as a prima facie admission of essentiality.
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Patents out, trade secrets in: Celonis seeks to reshape SAP fight in California
Celonis plans to modify its antitrust lawsuit in California against SAP to add trade secret allegations stemming from discovery, igniting a discussion about the relevance of new IP claims in the case.