Category: United States
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CAT claps back at Korean rival with patent infringement suit in Eastern District of Texas
Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) has filed a counterclaim suit against South Korean machinery manufacturer Doosan Bobcat over the alleged infringement of six of its patents related to improving earthmoving machinery in response to a global enforcement campaign that Bobcat initiated in December.
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Intel joins Google, Samsung in settling patent dispute with biometrics firm Proxense in Western District of Texas
Meanwhile, Proxense’s patent infringement suits against Apple, Microsoft, and LG are still pending.
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Apple pushes back against Powermat’s Qi SEP assertions with FRAND actions in U.S. and UK, trying to undermine UPC and German jurisdiction
Apple responded to Powermat’s charger-related patent infringement lawsuit in the Western District of Texas with a FRAND contract lawsuit and is now additionally looking for help from the English courts.
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BREAKING: Velos Media joins Sharp, Huawei in suing Disney over HEVC patents after years of bilateral and pool (Avanci Video) negotiations
Against ByteDance (TikTok), Velos has recently obtained an anti-antisuit injunction in the Western District of Texas. On Friday, Velos sued Disney, which is also defending against InterDigital and Huawei.
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AI opportunities, UK interim license frustration and global SEP injunction divergence: highlights from Via’s Business Summit in Rome
ip fray breaks down some of the highlights of Via Licensing Alliance’s third-ever Business Summit in Rome this week, where it took part as official media partner and one of the panel moderators.
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BREAKING: Federal Circuit affirms Masimo’s initial ITC win over Apple — but Masimo not too likely to benefit based on what happened yesterday
For Masimo, this is a useless win if the ITC, as is now rather likely after a preliminary ruling, clears Apple’s workaround.
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ZTE, Samsung now awaiting four court rulings after recent trials: considerable risk of knockout punches; Samsung already trying to avoid costs in U.S.
Four ZTE-Samsung cases are under advisement in four different courts in three different countries. Two of them could get Samsung into trouble and the other two may not go well either.
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Colombia pushes for compulsory licensing of U.S. pharma company’s patents
Colombia’s Health Minister has revived a previous administration’s investigation into four of U.S. pharma company Gilead’s patents at the core of Hepatitis-C treatment, issuing a public interest declaration to make the licensing of such patents compulsory.
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First U.S. patent long-arm assertions in German court withdrawn with prejudice as Onesta settles with Qualcomm; separately, NVIDIA settled
The realistic best-case scenario for BMW materialized with respect to costs. But the overall course of events will not completely discourage others from pulling an Onesta.