Category: Jurisdictions
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Novo Nordisk suffers loss over negative claim limitation in ongoing patent dispute over diabetes drug Wegovy
The United States District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled that Viatris has not induced the infringement of one of five asserted patents in litigation initiated by Novo Nordisk.
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Pressure mounting on truck maker PACCAR as Acer files SEP case in Eastern District of Texas after suing in Germany
Acer previously sued truck maker PACCAR in Munich and is now asserting standard-essential patents in the Eastern District of Texas, too — where Longhorn sued before.
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Increased ACT pro-SEP regulation activities in India are “scaremongering” but “worrisome”, say SEP holders
ACT has substantially stepped up its level of activity in India, as well as parts of Latin America, with SEP holders calling its actions “misplaced alarmism” and playing into the Indian government’s SME innovation concerns.
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U.S. appeals court revokes Novartis short-term injunction in Entresto patent dispute against MSN
Decision allows MSN to launch its generic version of Entresto into the market, and opens the door for others to follow.
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Nokia sues Chinese automaker Geely in UPC, Germany over 5G SEPs
Nokia has signed amicable bilateral deals with two Chinese automakers to date, but Geely’s rejection of FRAND patent licensing agreement offers has left the company “no choice” but to pursue legal action, Nokia said in a statement today.
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Acer and Longhorn asserting 4G SEPs against truck maker PACCAR and its DAF brand in Texas and Germany
PACCAR, a truck maker with a market capitalization at a level with Ford and GM, lacks cellular standard-essential patent licenses. It has been sued in Munich and Marshall, TX.
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BLACK FRIDAY: Two court orders have marginalized the UK in global patent litigation, and it probably won’t come back short of joining the UPC
OPINION Yesterday will go down in history as the day on which the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) and the courts above it lost the largest part of the relevance they used to have in the global patent litigation arena. It took only two orders authored by German judges, both of…
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Munich court on SEP royalties: the higher, the better for innovation so long as products don’t disappear; top-down is wrong, Huawei v. ZTE outdated
Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has authored a SEP guidance document that takes bold and clear positions.
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GAME OVER: UK interim license declarations are useless as Munich court threatens injunctions against pressure on SEP holders
The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has issued guidance that shows ZTE is winning against Samsung and UK interim license declarations are a waste of time and money.
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BREAKING: Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division enters first-ever UPC injunction relating to UK: Fujifilm v. Kodak
The Mannheim LD just entered the UPC’s first-ever injunction relating to the UK, after holding a separate hearing to discuss the implications of this.