Category: Jurisdictions
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China’s top court hands U.S. patentee landmark patent damages award
U.S. insecticide producer FMC Agriculture Singapore has been awarded a record of nearly 33 million Chinese yuan ($4.84 million) in patent infringement damages in a decision in which the defendant’s legal representative has also been found jointly liable – a rarity in Chinese IP infringement cases.
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As ink dries on $898M Samsung settlement, Netlist goes after Micron, HPE, Lenovo at ITC, district court
As part of their settlement, Samsung agreed to provide Netlist with information that could assist it in future ITC proceedings against third parties.
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Rio court confirms Via pool offer can satisfy FRAND without bilateral negotiations
A Rio court has held that NEC’s Via LA pool offer was sufficient to satisfy FRAND without a separate bilateral offer to HMD, while finding HMD’s failure to substantively engage with the pool terms indicative of hold-out.
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Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret claims
The gallium nitride patent wars gather pace as Navitas files suit in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign maker
The appeals court found that the PTAB erred in recognizing as prior art an application claiming a priority date from a provisional filing.
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Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaign
Headwater LLC has enforced three of its mobile network technology-related patents against Amazon and Oracle’s cloud-computing businesses in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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‘I am a latecomer’: former Xiaomi IP head Ran Xu on launching his own IP consultancy
Ran Xu talks to ip fray about where the idea to launch his consultancy, Rythan IP, came from, and why now was the ideal time to take the plunge.
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U.S. district court patent infringement cases peaked in 2025: 10-year high followed by pullback in 2026, LexisNexis report reveals
The report, published yesterday, also confirmed that accused infringers are switching from inter partes review petitions (which fell 8%) to post-grant review petitions (which increased to 88%, their highest level since 2021) to challenge patent validity.
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Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe IBEX patent but rules it non-essential, sidesteps FRAND question
A Rio de Janeiro court expert concluded Disney’s encoders infringe an IBEX video patent tied to Access Advance’s VDP campaign, but found the patent covers encoding rather than decoding, so it falls outside HEVC’s essential patent scope and, with it, any FRAND fight.
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China’s revised chip layout rules bring a patent-style revocation route, upfront identification of original features and punitive damages
China has created a patent-style CNIPA revocation route for chip layout-design disputes and introduced punitive damages of up to five times. The revised rules also require applicants to identify claimed original features and allow China to take countermeasures against discriminatory foreign restrictions on layout-design protection.