Category: Jurisdictions
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“Game changer” Pantech-Google FRAND ruling could open up Japan’s SEP enforcement landscape
Pantech’s victory in an SEP dispute against Google in the Tokyo District Court shows Japan is shifting its judicial approach to FRAND and injunctive relief.
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USPTO issues more discretionary denials: Intel, Google, Nokia, Ericsson among losing petitioners
The significant inter partes review denials come less than a month after a Unified Patents report found the number of such decisions is three times higher than those under Director Andrei Iancu in 2020.
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Samsung fails to end ZTE patent dispute with UK interim license: all cases carry on regardless of judicial imperialism
Context: On Wednesday, the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) demonstrated that when it comes to standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes, the UK judiciary considers all jurisdictions equal — but itself more equal. Therefore, Samsung obtained a declaration of an entitlement to an interim license to ZTE’s SEPs, despite ZTE having offered one,…
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UK faces “end of litigation funding” if Parliament does not pass Litigation Funding Agreements bill soon, funder warns
Susan Dunn, Chair of the Association of Litigation Funders and Kenny Henderson of CMS debated over whether Litigation Funding Agreements should be regulated, and the prejudice funding receives in the UK judiciary system, at the most recent LF Dealmakers Europe in London earlier this week.
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Nokia sues ASUS in India in addition to cases pending in U.S., UPC, Germany and Brazil: previously did so against Acer, Hisense
Nokia has recently stepped up its patent enforcement campaigns against Acer and Hisense with Indian lawsuits. Now it has done so against ASUS, too.
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EWHC holds Samsung entitled to interim license from ZTE: UK courts deem themselves more equal than other jurisdictions
As expected, the High Court of Justice for England & Wales has held that Samsung is entitled to an interim license from ZTE, but the decision raises serious issues.
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Litigation funders are “central” to class action regime, says UK Competition Appeal Tribunal chairman Hodge Malek KC
“We don’t want to kill off the industry [and] we want the best for everyone, including the funders,” Mr. Malek said at the 2nd Annual LF Dealmakers Europe in London yesterday.
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ITC sides with ASUSTeK in wireless communications patent infringement dispute against Lenovo
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a final determination in a global patent dispute case between Lenovo and ASUSTek, upholding an Administrative Law Judge opinion that found the latter did not infringe three of Lenovo’s wireless communications and diagonal touchpad patents.
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Samsung brings FRAND claim against ZTE in 4th jurisdiction: counterclaim in Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division
After bringing standalone FRAND/SEP actions in the UK, Germany and the United States, Samsung has now also brought a FRAND counterclaim in the UPC.
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AI patent-eligibility: spotting hallucinations over value-adds
While AI is accelerating discovery, designing software, and shaping new chemical compounds, some industry voices question whether we have become too dependent on it to invent, and how the pitfalls of that over-dependence are being materialized.