Category: Jurisdictions
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Unprecedented major delay at USITC for remedy recommendation after Lenovo was found to infringe four Ericsson SEPs
While ITC judges typically issue their recommendations on remedy (i.e., U.S. import ban) near-simultaneously with their rulings, it will now potentially take more than two months in an Ericsson-Lenovo SEP case.
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Abbott fends off Dexcom’s push for patent royalties as multi-jurisdictional litigation settles with 10-year zero-zero patent peace over glucose monitoring devices
Abbott and Dexcom have settled a multi-jurisdictional patent dispute over glucose monitoring devices. It appears that Dexcom failed to achieve its goal of getting Abbott to pay.
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Netgear obeys UPC and German anti-antisuit injunctions, yet attempts to thwart Huawei’s patent enforcement through interim license
Netgear has withdrawn its request for a U.S. antisuit injunction against Huawei’s UPC and German cases, but keeps pursuing an interim license.
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Dutch government prepares major patent reform, switching from registration to examination system and strengthening climate tech
The Dutch government has started a public consultation for a major overhaul of its national patent law.
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Via LA licensors suing Microsoft in Germany and/or UPC over HEVC video codec patents
Context: This fall, HP and TCL took HEVC (H.265) patent pool licenses from Access Advance (October 30, 2024 ip fray article), thereby settling several patent infringement cases. Those companies had previously taken licenses from MPEG LA, which got acquired by Via Licensing last year to form Via LA (May 2, 2023 Via LA press release).…
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Netgear running out of time against Huawei as next injunction could come down on January 9, patent exhaustion won’t move needle
Netgear faces the risk of another WiFi 6 SEP injunction coming down on January 9, and the exhaustion-based carve-out from the December 18 UPC injunction may be useless.
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Chinese medical device makers settle six-year pulse oximeter litigation in the U.S.
Beijing Choice and Contec settled their patent infringement dispute for US$1 million, and the defendant has agreed not to sell its fingertip oximeters in the U.S. without signing a licensing agreement first.
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USITC judge sides with Ericsson on 4 out of 4 standard-essential patents, throws out Lenovo’s other defenses: U.S. import ban looms large
Lenovo has suffered a crushing preliminary defeat in the U.S. International Trade Commission as all four Ericsson standard-essential patents at the heart of the investigation have been held valid and infringed.
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AstraZeneca defends record patent invalidation claims in China
The UK pharma giant has defeated 33 invalidation claims brought by Chinese generics manufacturers against crystal form patents related to its highest-selling diabetes drug.
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China’s Supreme People’s Court settles mRNA patent, trade secrets litigation under President Xi’s new ‘Fengqiao’ dispute model
Chinese courts are imposing mediation on more and more cases under the new order, including those involving patent infringement.