Category: Amazon
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SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP Dealmakers
The need for greater transparency in the value of standards, a debate on the increasing use of AI in patent litigation claims, and geopolitical considerations in IP enforcement were among the highlights of the first and second days of the third annual IP Dealmakers in London this week.
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Amazon latest target in AI voice tech patent infringement campaign: sued in ITC, Eastern District of Texas
AI software firm Cerence has filed three complaints against Amazon in the United States International Trade Commission and the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of voice tech-related patents. The company already sued Apple and Samsung over similar technologies, reaching a successful $49.5 million settlement with the latter last year.
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60% of global economy shares UPC Mannheim LD’s concerns over judicial overreach; UK accounts for 3%, but wants to dictate FRAND to everyone
The UK judiciary is increasingly isolated on the global map of patent litigation. Instead of finding its place as a reasonable jurisdiction that renders opinions of persuasive value, it is digging itself an ever deeper hole.
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UPC Mannheim LD agrees with UK judge on Amazon’s declaration being “nonsense” but refrains from imposing sanctions at this point: comity
Amazon is not being fined for now. But it is not off the hook. Today’s order involves a clear contempt-of-court holding.
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Today’s new UPC and EWHC orders show Amazon must do more to avoid contempt sanctions in InterDigital case: ip fray’s concerns validated
ip fray explained two days ago that a UK court order in an Amazon v. InterDigital FRAND case was not enough for Amazon to comply with the UPC’s requirements. A new UPC order validates that assessment.
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UK-UPC relations enter into Cold War phase or worse with new court order accusing UPC of unfairness while reflecting UK’s Soviet negotiation style
“What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable” is how JFK described Soviet negotiation tactics during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. It is unfortunate that a new UK court order makes mockery of the UPC’s peace proposal.
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UK court joins UPC Mannheim in Amazon-Interdigital de-escalation pending appeal — but UK-UPC peace is fragile given what was said today
All eyes are now on the UPC CoA, but the UK court would actually like InterDigital to concede the appeal.
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Dolby attacks six InterDigital patents in U.S. court to protect its customers Amazon, Disney, TCL, Hisense
Dolby has recently filed a petition for inter partes review against an InterDigital patent, but is now going against five more patents.
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UPC panel warns requesting expedited UK FRAND trials may trigger sanctions: part II of InterDigital v. Amazon coverage
This is a follow-up to our previous report on a highly instructive UPC hearing in Mannheim.
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Amazon backs down (pending appeal) after UPC’s Mannheim LD finds it in breach of InterDigital’s anti-interference injunction; further guidance
The Mannheim Local Division has defused the contempt-of-court issue with Amazon over a potential pursuit of damages in the UK based on hypothetical future enforcement in the UPC.