Category: United States
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USPTO, DOJ file 3rd joint pro-injunction brief since June in standards-RELATED but NOT undisputedly standard-ESSENTIAL patent case: next stop Wilus v. Askey?
Patent holder Collision said that its patents-in-suit were not standard-essential and Samsung did not raise a FRAND defense, but Collision later made infringement arguments that were standards-related.
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Amazon’s mistake against InterDigital was to bet on the UK instead of the U.S., ignoring the 20-80 rule and the legacy of its home district
The UPC-UK “showdown” involving Amazon and InterDigital is approaching fast. Something must give, and a settlement may be out of reach at this stage.
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InterDigital adds Western District of Texas to global patent enforcement campaign against Amazon
Following patent infringement suits filed in the UK, the Unified Patent Court, Brazil, Germany, and the District of Delaware, InterDigital has now sued Amazon in the Western District of Texas.
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Ericsson, Verizon successfully defend 5G antenna patent infringement claims
A jury in the United States District Court for the District of Eastern Texas has found that Ericsson and Verizon have not infringed five of Singaporean cable manufacturer Procomm’s 5G antenna technology patents.
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Novo Nordisk targets Canadian pharma giant Apotex in new oral semaglutide patent infringement suit
Novo Nordisk has sued Canada’s Apotex in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey over the alleged infringement of six patents related to its oral weightloss drug Rybelsus.
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BREAKING: Ericsson brings declaratory judgment action against Acer over 4G/5G patents in District of Delaware to protect its customers
As part of its wider dispute with Nokia, Acer threatened and ultimately sued U.S. mobile network operators over 4G/5G patents. But Ericsson sells equipment to the same customers and is now trying to protect them.
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Federal Circuit’s incredible multiverse: dead patent claim gets fictionally resurrected to justify part of $40M+ damages award
This is the oddest Federal Circuit ruling in a long time. Most of it is anything but odd, but allowing a patentee to capture the value of invalidated claim elements is remarkable.
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Apple’s Texas trial win over Optis has implications for UK Supreme Court hearing in June/July: 500M-300M-zero
The question of how to reconcile a global FRAND rate set in the UK (including for past use) with a U.S. damages award is now a non-issue.
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Judge Albright hands down written antisuit injunction ruling in BMW v. Onesta; settlement looms large, but this matters for future cases
The dispute between Onesta and BMW is apparently coming to an end now, but Judge Albright’s reasoning for an antisuit injunction will be cited to in future situations where U.S. patents are asserted abroad.
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Velos Media met only limited opposition from TikTok to anti-antisuit motion in Western District of Texas: injunction followed TRO
This went smoothly, contrasting with the bitterly-contested antisuit conflict between InterDigital and Amazon.