Category: Jurisdictions
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Munich court enjoins Deutsche Telekom’s high-speed fixed-line offering, lets Broadcom, Nokia, Huawei (but not Adtran) off the hook
In a differentiated reasoning, the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber explained in open court that only Deutsche Telekom’s use of Adtran products, but not that of Huawei and Nokia products, infringed the patent-in-suit.
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Nokia wins second pair of HEVC injunctions against Acer, ASUS in Munich I Regional Court
Nokia is already enforcing an HEVC injunction in Germany against Acer and ASUS. Now it has a second one in place, making it harder for the computer makers to resume their sales in the near term.
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BREAKING: Transsion escalates Ericsson patent litigation in UPC, files its first-ever public patent infringement complaint
Transsion has sued Ericsson in the Unified Patent Court’s Lisbon Local Division over the infringement of one of its patents, marking its first-ever publicly-known patent infringement complaint.
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Another semaglutide generic enters India as Novo Nordisk patent expires, no injunction issues
The Delhi High Court has issued a ruling allowing a generic version of semaglutide to be sold without an injunction and indicating a cautious approach to late-stage enforcement, favoring restricted entry over exclusion, by basing it around a contested claim limitation.
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ZTE makes standard-essential patent HISTORY as first-ever defendant to prevail on FRAND defense in Munich (against Samsung)
This is even more historic than ZTE’s appellate victory (also over Samsung) in the UK regarding an interim-license declaration.
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UPC Mannheim LD agrees with UK judge on Amazon’s declaration being “nonsense” but refrains from imposing sanctions at this point: comity
Amazon is not being fined for now. But it is not off the hook. Today’s order involves a clear contempt-of-court holding.
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CAT claps back at Korean rival with patent infringement suit in Eastern District of Texas
Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) has filed a counterclaim suit against South Korean machinery manufacturer Doosan Bobcat over the alleged infringement of six of its patents related to improving earthmoving machinery in response to a global enforcement campaign that Bobcat initiated in December.
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Brazilian court enters preliminary injunction against Chinese automotive group Geely: same IP Bridge 4G patent made BYD settle
Geely is also facing European infringement actions brought by Nokia and Sun Patent Trust. The simplest solution would be an Avanci Vehicle license.
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Intel joins Google, Samsung in settling patent dispute with biometrics firm Proxense in Western District of Texas
Meanwhile, Proxense’s patent infringement suits against Apple, Microsoft, and LG are still pending.