Category: Jurisdictions
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Samsung handed third straight win at UPC as Munich LD revokes Maxell’s Galaxy content-casting patent
The UPC’s Munich LD has revoked a Maxell patent covering phone-to-TV content casting for lack of novelty, dismissing its infringement suit against Samsung’s Galaxy lineup and awarding Samsung €620,000.
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BYD seeks declaratory judgment against First Solar following ITC complaint withdrawal, challenges patent ownership
First Solar claimed it was “recalibrating” its patent enforcement strategy after U.S. President Trump sought to impose tariffs on polysilicon imports from China and elsewhere.
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Crocs hits retail rival’s clog line with trade dress, design, utility patent claims
Crocs is suing retail rival Five Below over its clog-and-charm products, asserting Classic Clog trade dress, a Saru design patent and three Jibbitz utility patents. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, damages, and a disgorgement of profits.
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Lord Justice Meade, Lord Justice Birss to speak at OxFirst’s 15th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum
The 15th edition of this event will be held at Oxford University in January. ip fray plans to cover the conference during and after it takes place, and a discount is available for ip fray readers.
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Honeywell Aerospace enforces automation patents against EV makers Rivian and Lucid
The newly independent company completed its spin-off from major patent holder Honeywell International in June.
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NEC sues Anker’s eufy brand over six more camera patents in East Texas, widening a two-year fight
NEC has filed a fresh patent suit against Anker’s smart home brand in East Texas, adding six new camera surveillance patents to an already tense two-year dispute.
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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.