Category: Amazon
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UK judge adamant about ensuring that InterDigital’s UPC injunction won’t prevent Amazon from obtaining post-trial FRAND ruling
InterDigital is being pressured not to seek relief in the UPC against a UK global FRAND ruling, and apparently bowing to the pressure. What will the UPC do now?
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EU Commission officially indicates concern over UPC-UK antisuit conflict; UPC CoA schedules InterDigital-Amazon hearing for May 28
The European Commission’s cordial letter to the Mannheim Local Division’s Presiding Judge encourages the court to share further information.
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SAP files pre-emptive strike in cloud patent infringement campaign that targeted Microsoft, now targeting Amazon: Central District of California
SAP has filed a declaratory judgment of non-infringement action of several of software company Corent Technology’s patents in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, after the former enforced said patents against both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The latter settled in December.
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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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UPC President denies Amazon motion to stay enforcement of InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunction; Amazon may already be in breach
This does not mean that Amazon’s appeal will necessarily fail, but Amazon could now face contempt proceedings any day.
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No parking ticket: UPC Mannheim’s threat of €50M contempt fine against Amazon in line with CJEU case law, EU Commission guidelines and practice, UPC CoA guidance
Context: What’s new: We have conducted further research, the detailed results of which are reserved for our premium members (judges are entitled to free access). The starting point is a from the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) decision in Fujifilm v. Kodak (October 18, 2025 ip fray article), which elaborates on Art. 354(3) of the UPC’S Rules of Procedure…
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UPC threatens Amazon with initial €50M ($59M) fine, “severe consequences”, declares all UK interim licenses unenforceable, suggests EU WTO action against UK
The UPC’s Mannheim LD issued a bombshell order just before Christmas, followed by a Christmas Eve notification to the European Commission that could lead to a WTO complaint.
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Aggressive enforcers NovaCloud and Nagravision (OpenTV) expand campaigns to UPC with new lawsuits against Amazon, Pinterest
NovaCloud Licensing is suing large technology companies such as Microsoft and Meta over former Ericsson patents. Nagravision and OpenTV are affiliates and have sued numerous companies, among them Apple.and Netflix.
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UK court order following Amazon v. InterDigital antisuit hearing just serves as summary of status quo; big elephant remains in room
It was already clear during the recent Amazon v. InterDigital hearing in London that the UK antisuit injunction would remain in place.