Category: United States
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Federal judge’s preliminary assessment: Samsung’s U.S. case against ZTE over FRAND may very well be thrown out
Context: In an unprecedented brute-force play, Samsung is presently pursuing FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) claims over ZTE’s standard-essential patents (SEPs) in (at minimum) four jurisdictions (June 20, 2025 ip fray article). The third venue where such a filing showed up is the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (March…
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Pantech launches U.S. 4G SEP enforcement campaign: files ITC complaint, sues TCL, HMD, OnePlus, Lenovo, Tinno
The campaign, which targets the same four patents in the same U.S. district court, was filed shortly after the Korean firm was granted Japanâs first-ever injunction in a FRAND-related case.
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USPTO divisionsâ clash over Apple patent invalidation decision undermines âintegrity and consistencyâ, patentee alleges
A petition filed by Proxense against Apple has uncovered an inconsistency in results on substantially similar issues and the same underlying facts between decisions by the United States Patent & Trademark Officeâs Patent Trial and Appeal Board and fellow internal division, the Central Reexamination Unit.
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Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: Franceâs Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPs
Malikie, which bought a substantial part of Blackberryâs non-core patent portfolio in 2023, breached its FRAND obligations when it sued Vantiva for patent infringement, the complainant has alleged.
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Apple will appeal $110 million damages order in U.S. 3G patent infringement dispute
Apple has said it will appeal a jury verdict that found the company infringed a 3G wireless patent owned by Spanish firm TOT Power Control, and owes it over $110 million in damages.
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Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of Texas
Xockets has filed two parallel patent infringement suits against Amazon, alleging that the tech giant has âwillfully trampledâ on its IP to achieve âstaggering profitsâ from its cloud computing products.
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U.S. Senate cuts Tillis proposed litigation funding tax bill from larger legislative package
The Senateâs referee, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Thom Tillisâs proposed âTackling Predatory Litigation Funding Actâ will need to be removed from the Republican tax and spending bill, the same day the U.S. Senator opposed President Trumpâs âbig beautiful billâ and confirmed he will not seek re-election in 2026.
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USPTO issues more discretionary denials: Intel, Google, Nokia, Ericsson among losing petitioners
The significant inter partes review denials come less than a month after a Unified Patents report found the number of such decisions is three times higher than those under Director Andrei Iancu in 2020.
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Litigation funders are âcentralâ to class action regime, says UK Competition Appeal Tribunal chairman Hodge Malek KC
âWe donât want to kill off the industry [and] we want the best for everyone, including the funders,â Mr. Malek said at the 2nd Annual LF Dealmakers Europe in London yesterday.
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ITC sides with ASUSTeK in wireless communications patent infringement dispute against Lenovo
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a final determination in a global patent dispute case between Lenovo and ASUSTek, upholding an Administrative Law Judge opinion that found the latter did not infringe three of Lenovoâs wireless communications and diagonal touchpad patents.