Category: Jurisdictions
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China’s top court extends stronger automotive IP enforcement to special-purpose vehicles in Zoomlion v. Chengli patent case
China’s Supreme People’s Court has ordered Chengli to pay Zoomlion over $3.5 million in damages. While the award is modest compared with the largest EV battery or chassis disputes, it has been described as the largest known patent damages award in China’s special-purpose vehicle sector.
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ITC grants Shoals import ban against Voltage over solar patent infringement, decision to be reviewed by White House
The U.S. International Trade Commission affirmed a final determination that electrical infrastructure manufacturing company Voltage infringed rival Shoals’ patents on photovoltaic trunk bus cable assemblies, issuing a limited exclusion order that now heads to the White House for a 60-day review.
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FTC urges Fourth Circuit to reverse summary judgment for Johnson & Johnson in Stelara antitrust suit: ‘specific intent not required to prove monopolization’
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has told the Fourth Circuit that a Virginia court wrongly required proof of specific intent before CareFirst’s Stelara biosimilar-patent monopoly claims against Johnson & Johnson could proceed.
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Nokia, ASUS ink patent licensing deal: will also arbitrate terms
Nokia has now settled the last of its three global disputes targeting major implementers over video patent infringement, signing a patent license agreement with ASUS. The terms of the deal will be determined through arbitration.
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‘I had to grab the bull by the horns,’ says Lucy Wojcik, Chief IP Counsel, on transforming Ocado’s IP team
In an interview with ip fray during IP Dealmakers Europe last month, Ms. Wojcik discussed transforming Ocado’s non-existent IP team into an eight-strong unit, behind the scenes of the historical AutoStore dispute, which at one point had over 100 counsel working on the cases across six jurisdictions, and C-suite communication.
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USPTO Director orders PTAB to reconsider invalidity finding for Pictiva patent at center of $191M damages claim against Samsung
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board and an Eastern District of Texas jury came to opposing conclusions about the validity of the PAE’s OLED patent.
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UK court gives significant weight to Nokia offer in interim-payment ruling against Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount
The High Court of Justice for England & Wales has set confidential interim payments pending a November 2026 RAND trial, giving significant weight to Nokia’s prior lump-sum offer and noting that rejection of the streamers’ valuation model could result in a step change worth tens of millions of dollars.
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Federal Circuit affirms invalidation of Enanta’s Paxlovid-related patent: finds “typo” defense insufficient to fix written description gap in provisional filing
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the invalidation of Enanta’s Paxlovid-related patent, rejecting its bid to blame a one-carbon typo in its provisional filing, and leaving Pfizer’s earlier disclosure now free to anticipate the claims.
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Korean monetization platform behind Pantech SEP campaigns targets Hisense, TCL with display patents from Asian tech companies
FairLight Innovations LLC is suing the two Chinese companies in the Eastern District of Texas.