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Category: United States

U.S. judge publishes decision to throw out Samsung’s U.S. FRAND antitrust action against ZTE; case unlikely to be revived anytime soon

February 11, 2026

Judge Martínez-Olguín has now published her January 30, 2026 order granting ZTE’s motion to dismiss Samsung’s U.S. FRAND antitrust action.
InterDigital files patent infringement actions against Hisense, TCL in UPC, Germany, Brazil, India; TCL also in U.S.

February 10, 2026

InterDigital has a very successful licensing program and needs to litigate only in a minority of cases. Launching enforcement actions in four (TCL: five) jurisdictions in parallel is a strong statement.
Novo Nordisk files fresh semaglutide patent infringement suit in District of Delaware

February 10, 2026

Novo Nordisk has sued telehealth medication provider Hims & Hers over the infringement of one of its semaglutide patents, as the company faces headwinds over its weightloss drugs for the first time in nearly a decade.
Onesta settling with Qualcomm, but keeping up pressure on its customer BMW with Munich lawsuits over U.S. patents: new filings

February 8, 2026

BMW argues that Onesta’s patent infringement allegations relate to Qualcomm chips. A patent agreement between Onesta and Qualcomm is imminent, but will it benefit BMW?
Lenovo settles long-running U.S. USB-C patent infringement dispute

February 6, 2026

Lenovo and IT and cloud communications firm Universal Connectivity Technologies have settled a three-year patent infringement dispute that spanned the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Delaware, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Patent lawyers slapped with $12,000 fine for AI-generated submissions: level of hallucinations in court filings “staggering”, says judge

February 5, 2026

United States District Judge Julie Robinson of the United States Court for the District of Kansas has fined four lawyers $12,000 for submitting fabricated AI-generated case citations in a patent infringement case. The misrepresented material was a consequence of artificial intelligence hallucinations, which are heavily on the rise.
U.S. government consultation: some stakeholders want UK on watch list for interim licenses, others attack UPC and Germany over SEP injunctions

February 4, 2026

Interjurisdictional tensions are rising due to some countries, particularly the UK, pursuing their imperial FRAND rate-setting dreams.
ASUS, TP-Link among targets in new U.S. NPE WiFi patent infringement campaign

February 3, 2026

Licensing firm AX Wireless LLC has sued ASUSTek, D-Link, TP-Link, and Ubiquiti over the alleged infringement of the same five WiFi-related patents in parallel actions in the Eastern District of Texas, the Central District of California, and the Northern District of Illinois.
SAP files pre-emptive strike in cloud patent infringement campaign that targeted Microsoft, now targeting Amazon: Central District of California

February 2, 2026

SAP has filed a declaratory judgment of non-infringement action of several of software company Corent Technology’s patents in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, after the former enforced said patents against both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The latter settled in December.
Roche’s Genentech, Organon, China’s Henlius settle major pertuzumab biosimilar litigation in U.S., UPC, NL, and Brazil (where it was most advanced)

January 31, 2026

A favorable validity decision by the Brazilian patent office and evidence preservation in the UPC contributed to this important biosimilar settlement.