Category: District of Delaware
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Nokia enforces video streaming patents against Warner Bros. Discovery in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil; overlaps with Paramount cases
WBD’s video streaming business (Max, Discovery+, and related services) has about 126 million global subscribers and generates roughly $2.7–$2.8 billion in quarterly direct-to-consumer revenue.
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Trump DOJ files statement of interest effectively in support of InterDigital against Disney’s SEP-related antitrust accusations
The Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the name of the United States of America in a Delaware case brought by Disney against InterDigital.
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SAP adds four-patent Delaware lawsuit to dispute with Celonis that started in UPC’s Dusseldorf LD, seeking damages and injunction
Counsel The complaint was filed by Duane Morris’s Monté T. Squire.
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Pharma patent litigation updates: Boehringer, Orion, Pfizer, Kaleo file fresh patent infringement suits in District of Delaware
The District of Delaware continues to receive a substantial volume of pharmaceutical patent infringement complaints, with an arthritis-related Pfizer suit and diabetes-related Boehringer suit among the latest.
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AstraZeneca faces fresh mRNA patent infringement allegations in District of Delaware
Gene-editing tech company Factor Bioscience has sued AstraZeneca and its affiliate Cellectis over the infringement of three mRNA-related patents.
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Moderna, Alnylam settle U.S. COVID vaccine patent infringement dispute
Alnylam has settled its three-year dispute against Moderna in the District of Delaware, after a precedential Federal Circuit decision found the patentee had acted as its own lexicographer in defining a key patent specification term, foreclosing its infringement allegations.
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Pfizer, BioNTech hit back against GSK mRNA suits in UPC, Ireland: file UK revocation action
The move does not come as a major surprise, given the pharma companies’ previous success against GlaxoSmithKline in the UK.
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Acer seeking counterleverage against Nokia through “threat letters” in U.S. despite highly asymmetric SEP portfolios and sales volumes: DJ action
Acer sent “threat letters” to U.S. telecommunications carriers using Nokia equipment, provoking a declaratory judgment complaint.
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BREAKING: Nokia sues Paramount over video streaming patents in U.S. and Brazil, uses winning patents from Amazon ITC dispute
Nokia is serious about collecting video codec patent royalties from streamers. Its new enforcement action against Paramount is the latest example.
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U.S. multijurisdiction panel consolidates four SAP trading software patent infringement disputes against Toronto Stock Exchange, Trayport in District of Delaware
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered four SAP patent infringement cases filed against TSX Alpha, TSX Inc., and Trayport in three separate courts to be centralized in the District of Delaware.