Category: Amazon
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Unified Patent Court judges concerned over UK court order threatening them with imprisonment — but could it also become risky for UK judges to visit the EU?
The antisuit injunction Amazon obtained last month against InterDigital’s efforts to defend its enforcement actions against foreign interference could be interpreted as a direct threat against UPC and German judges.
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UPC judge indicates global patent license agreements imposed by foreign courts will NOT be recognized as defense to infringement
UK court-imposed global patent licenses will be of no commercial value if the UPC does not recognize them.
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After Amazon’s pre-emptive UK strike, InterDigital has now launched enforcement actions in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil over video patents
“Amazon is more interested in litigating than negotiating,” InterDigital’s Chief Legal Officer Josh Schmidt said in a statement today, as the company gears up for an anti-interim-license injunction hearing in the UPC this Friday.
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Amazon v. InterDigital injunction remains in place after UK hearing — UK court interested in UPC AILI proceedings (Nov. 14 hearing)
In the dispute between Amazon and InterDigital, it turns out that the judges in London and Mannheim both read about certain developments on this website first.
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BREAKING: Via LA licensors M&K, Gensquare LLC, Tagivan II suing next Big Tech defendant Amazon in Germany over HEVC SEPs
The new suits, filed by Cohausz & Florack and Krieger Mes, target Amazon devices capable of 4K playback, including Fire TV.
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Nokia signs new patent licensing agreement with pay-TV provider Starz
The deal marks Nokia’s sixth licensing agreement in the video technology patent space this year.
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Both InterDigital’s AILIs and Amazon’s UK injunction can be construed broadly or narrowly: what interpretation is most reasonable?
This is a second follow-up to the Monday news of Amazon having obtained what the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) called an anti-antisuit injunction (AASI) (October 20, 2025 ip fray article). That report was based on the operative order, and the reasons became available yesterday, which led to our first follow-up…
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UPC’s Mannheim LD schedules InterDigital v. Amazon anti-interim-license injunction hearing for November 14; UK judge backtracks on ex parte
Mr Justice Meade has meanwhile published the reasons underlying yesterday’s injunction against InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunction.
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ESCALATION: UK court grants Amazon AASI (actually, AAASI with built-in AAAAASI) against InterDigital’s UPC, Munich anti-interim-license injunctions
Given that Amazon’s pursuit of a UK interim license was the equivalent of a motion for an antisuit injunction, this new UK decision is an AAASI, not AASI.
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UK judge rebukes InterDigital lawyer for telling UPC, Munich court that interim license ruling could come down soon, AAASI even ex parte
In an ideal scenario, the UK courts and their counterparts in other countries would find a solution to put an end to jurisdictional overreach.