Category: United States
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UPC Munich LD grants DivX injunction against Netflix streaming software, departing from EPO Opposition Division’s preliminary view
The Munich LD’s second panel upheld DivX’s patent as granted and enjoined Netflix’s streaming software across 18 UPC countries.
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AST-sold patents on the loose again as Samsung faces Texas DRAM complaint
A number of U.S. lawsuits have been filed in recent months involving patents sold to PAEs under AST’s “catch-and-release” model.
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Solar patent wars: GameChange hits back at Nextpower in District of Delaware over solar tracking technology
The battle opens another front in the complex web of patent disputes over solar energy technologies.
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Yangtze Memory urges U.S. district court to lift stay on three-year 3D NAND patent infringement litigation against Micron
Every additional month of delay erodes YMTC’s patents’ commercial value, the company has argued, as it asks the Northern District of California to lift a stay in a patent infringement case YMTC filed almost three years ago.
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Apple sued by BASF spin-off over face recognition tech in Western District of Texas
Plaintiff trinamiX was established by BASF to commercialize discoveries around advanced sensing, including optical skin recognition.
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MediaTek targeted in PAE suit over DRAM and NAND patents originally assigned to SK hynix
Several of the asserted patents are relevant to the JEDEC DDR3 SDRAM standard.
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Federal Circuit issues revised opinion in LG case over TV patents – but damages decision remains untouched
The appeals court had originally issued its opinion in Constellation Designs v. LG Electronics back in April.
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Judge Alan D. Albright, known for transforming Texas’ Western District into a patent litigation hotspot, returns to private practice
Judge Albright has joined the IP litigation team at A&O Shearman’s Austin, Texas office.
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BMW counters Broadcom patent suit in Munich, brings U.S. declaratory judgment action
BMW has filed a declaratory judgment action against Avago and its subsidiary Broadcom in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, after the latter alleged that it infringed two of its European Ethernet and Wi-Fi patents in a court in Munich, Germany.
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Apple faces Texas infringement suit over 5G SEPs held by Longhorn IP affiliate
The patents-in-suit were originally owned by a major Asia-Pacific tech company.