Category: United States
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Acer sues AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon in Eastern District of Texas
The smartphone manufacturer has taken a similar approach to fellow mobile phone maker ASUS, targeting the companies’ cellular base stations, some of which are equipped by Nokia, but most of which are supplied by Ericsson.
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NPE Onesta will not seek anti-antisuit injunction against BMW’s U.S. antisuit injunction barring Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: de-escalation
Non-practicing entity Onesta puts the fate of BMW’s antisuit injunction (which is presently only a TRO) entirely into the hands of the U.S. federal judiciary.
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Warner Bros. Discovery “pulls a Samsung” against Nokia with U.S. FRAND/antitrust claims after similar ones in other venues; also argues exhaustion by Apple, Amazon licenses
in the midst of a major merger battle, Warner Bros. Discovery is pursuing FRAND matters in at least three different venues now.
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Federal Circuit holds there is no uniform deadline for appeal of ITC ruling if some defendants were found to violate, others weren’t
Crocs thought it had more time because of the Presidential review period. The Federal Circuit disagreed.
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Bayer adds to COVID patent wars: sues Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, J&J over mRNA technology
Bayer’s Monsanto has sued Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson over the alleged infringement of a patent related to gene sequencing technology through their COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Nokia strikes Hisense license deal as TV maker prefers global patent peace over London dead end; Acer, ASUS lose important co-defendant
Unlike Hisense, Acer and ASUS make computers that are also used for recording video. Encoding claims, however, are outside the ITU FRAND scope.
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Opposition brief filed: could copyright-related case law persuade Judge Albright to lift BMW’s antisuit injunction against Munich lawsuit over U.S. patents?
Onesta has raised various arguments against BMW’s antisuit motion, some of which are potentially more compelling than others.
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Federal Circuit gives guidance on “connected to” not necessarily requiring separate structures; generic irreparable harm; DOE; admissible willfulness evidence
A precedential Federal Circuit decision in a child car seat case provided several clarifications, some of which address issues likely to resurface in other U.S. patent cases.
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Judge Albright grants BMW antisuit TRO against Onesta with respect to Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: in force until December 30
BMW’s motion for a temporary restraining order was granted apart from a couple of items that clearly went beyond the reasonable scope of a TRO.
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Solar panel patent wars continue to heat up in Germany, while CAT faces patent infringement suits in UPC, ITC, Eastern District of Texas
Solar panel manufacturer Maxeon has filed its third patent infringement lawsuit against Aiko Solar over solar technology patents in the Munich I Regional Court, while Caterpillar (CAT) has also been hit with a third suit over the alleged infringement of one of rival Doosan Bobcat’s hydraulic patents (following two in the U.S.).