Category: Jurisdictions
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Wendy’s, Gap, and other merchants hit in Texas PAE campaign asserting ex-Cypress Semiconductor patents
Near Field Electronics is targeting digital payments at a time when point-of-sale devices are becoming a patent hotspot.
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Viasat prevails in $229M jury verdict against Japanese rival over NAND patent infringement
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled that Kioxia owes Viasat $229 million for infringing one of its flash-memory patents.
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The CNIPA aligns China’s administrative SEP injunction standard with courts’ FRAND test
The CNIPA has made FRAND review a condition for administrative SEP cease-infringement orders, aligning the administrative approach with the judicial test. The clarification closes a gap in China’s dual-track patent enforcement system while CNIPA promotes greater use of administrative proceedings for SEP disputes.
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Rio de Janeiro Court of Appeal unanimously upholds Panasonic’s AAC patent injunction against HMD, rejects bilateral licensing demand
Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld a preliminary injunction Panasonic won against HMD over an AAC patent, rejecting the claim that FRAND requires a separate bilateral licensing offer.
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Rio court orders Hisense to summarize 185-page defense in InterDigital SEP case
In an unusual procedural order, a Brazilian judge directed Hisense to submit a concise summary of its 185-page defense in InterDigital’s HEVC patent case, warning that the pleading’s contradictory and repetitive nature risked delaying the litigation.
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Covid-19 vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer hit with Sanofi suits over mRNA delivery tech
Sanofi and Translate Bio effectively abandoned their own Covid-19 vaccine effort in 2021 after the former acquired the latter.
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Munich court finds Illumina infringes Element sequencing patent, orders injunction and product recall
The Munich I Regional Court has found Illumina liable for infringing an Element Biosciences sequencing patent, ordering an injunction, a product recall, and damages, a rare loss for the U.S. sequencing giant.
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Snap seeks UK court intervention in Dolby-Access Advance HEVC licensing dispute
Snap has filed a claim before the UK Patents Court against Dolby and Access Advance, opening a new front in the parties’ global HEVC licensing dispute. The case comes as the English courts continue to refine the role of arbitration in FRAND disputes, raising questions about how that approach applies to patent pool licensing.
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Oura scores brace in U.S. as Zepp withdraws district court complaint, final Samsung IPR fails
It augurs well for the smart ring maker as positive developments at the PTAB, ITC, and in federal court add up.
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Xiaomi, Nera Innovations pause UPC Court of Appeal fight over wireless power patent, hearing pulled
The UPC CoA has suspended both sides’ appeals over a wireless power patent between Xiaomi and Nera Innovations and canceled next week’s hearing, a move that hints at settlement talks.