Category: Jurisdictions
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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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Nike, lululemon settle patent fight over Mirror Home Gym technology
Nike and lululemon have ended their four-year patent fight over the latter’s Mirror Home Gym, although there is no patent licensing agreement in sight.
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iPhone Duo: two long-running Apple patent families and a Liechtenstein priority filing
Apple’s iPhone Duo arrives with a long paper trail: a 2011 patent naming CEO John Ternus as inventor, a 2015 family whose foldable claims issued five months before launch, and an iPhone Duo trademark filed first in Liechtenstein in March.
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SIM IP acquires QinetiQ cross-domain security patent portfolio rooted in UK defense research
SIM IP has acquired eight QinetiQ patent families covering cross-domain security, the technology deciding whether external data can enter trusted networks, with which it plans to launch an open licensing program.
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Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Skyworth’s TVs infringe IP Bridge patent, rules it essential to AVC standard
A court-appointed expert yesterday issued a report finding a patent asserted by Japan’s IP Bridge against China’s Skyworth in the Rio de Janeiro State Court is being infringed by the latter’s television sets and receivers, and is essential to the H.264/AVC standard.
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ETSI’s “new chapter” involves broader technological footprint, stronger global engagement
“Our collaboration with the European Commission is deeper than ever,” ETSI’s director-general Jan Ellsberger also announced recently.
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Malikie Innovations dismisses Hyundai suit, pointing to probable Avanci Wi-Fi 6 license
Earlier, Avanci announced the signing of three as-yet-undisclosed automotive companies as licensees to its Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program.
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Daiichi Sankyo loses six CNIPA administrative patent-linkage cases over mirogabalin formulation patents
Daiichi Sankyo has now lost six Chinese patent-linkage cases over generic mirogabalin after the CNIPA found two dosage strengths outside three formulation patents. The rulings show the growing importance of CNIPA’s administrative route for resolving patent disputes before generic launch.
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Skysong sues Fortinet, CrowdStrike at UPC over shared AI vulnerability-scoring patent
The Arizona State University patent-licensing arm filed both cases on the same day, pulling the operators of the widely used Exploit Prediction Scoring System into the Fortinet suit and using CrowdStrike’s EU cloud plans to add threatened-infringement claims, as its parallel Texas cases near trial.
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UPC Munich LD grants DivX injunction against Netflix streaming software, departing from EPO Opposition Division’s preliminary view
The Munich LD’s second panel upheld DivX’s patent as granted and enjoined Netflix’s streaming software across 18 UPC countries.