Category: Jurisdictions
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‘Striking’ and ‘extremely rare’: Japanese patent community reacts to USPTO Director Squires Nintendo patent reexamination order
Sources in the Japanese patent community tell ip fray that a USPTO reexamination order over a Nintendo patent signals heightened attention of claims that may overreach into broad gameplay mechanics – although the order will have no impact on Nintendo’s ongoing patent infringement litigation against Pocketpair in Japan.
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Judge appears unconvinced of Samsung’s U.S. FRAND/antitrust complaint against ZTE; Samsung’s counsel hopes for leave to amend
Samsung is pursuing FRAND claims in multiple jurisdictions around the globe, one of which is the U.S., where its complaint is at a high risk of dismissal.
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UK Supreme Court will hear Apple’s appeal of Optis’s $700M win with cast of characters familiar from Unwired: roller coaster ride?
Three of the questions for review relate to how UK courts can arrive at a FRAND rate, and one to the implications for parallel cases in foreign jurisdictions.
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Boehringer wins PI against Dr. Reddy’s that blocks generic empagliflozin (Jardiance) sales in UK pending October 2026 trial: patent thickets work
In some jurisdictions it pays off for Boehringer Ingelheim to have created a patent thicket around empaglifozin (Jardiance) involving use and formulation patents.
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USPTO Director Squires orders rare Director-initiated ex parte reexamination of Nintendo patent, indirectly as result of games fray article
An article about the grant of a patent to Nintendo by games fray (one of ip fray’s two sibling sites), was picked up by many games media. It apparently got the USPTO’s attention.
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InterDigital wins German injunction against Disney’s streaming services: Munich I Regional Court
Context: Earlier this year, InterDigital started enforcement actions over multimedia patents against The Walt Disney Company (and its Hulu and ESPN+ subsidiaries) in multiple jurisdictions (February 3, 2025 ip fray article). Disney was in the process of leveraging a U.S. FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) action against InterDigital’s patent enforcement, but InterDigital obtained anti-antisuit relief from…
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Nokia won race to Brazilian courthouse against Warner Bros. Discovery by 66 seconds: Rio de Janeiro, not São Paulo, will decide
Warner Bros. Discovery tried to forum-shop in Brazil, as did Hisense before it, but missed its goal by 66 seconds.
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Nokia enforces video streaming patents against Warner Bros. Discovery in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil; overlaps with Paramount cases
WBD’s video streaming business (Max, Discovery+, and related services) has about 126 million global subscribers and generates roughly $2.7–$2.8 billion in quarterly direct-to-consumer revenue.
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BREAKING: ZTE becomes first SEP holder to win UK interim license appeal; ETSI complaint discredited; future UK cases may involve arbitration terms
This outcome is not at all surprising. The England & Wales Court of Appeal wanted to keep clear of jurisdictional supremacy.
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PI spate: Novo Nordisk just obtained 29 injunctions (26 over patent, 3 over UCL) against semaglutide rivals in Germany, served at CPHI fair
Context: What’s new: Novo Nordisk has just obtained, served and enforced a whopping 29 preliminary injunctions (PIs) against (mostly Asian and to a lesser extent European) companies offering the active pharmaceutical ingredient semaglutide and/or pharmaceuticals containing semaglutide at the CPHI fair. The pan-European law firm of Hoyng Rokh Monegier, in collaboration with UK firm Bristows,…