Category: Avago/Broadcom
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Volkswagen Group files its first two UPC cases (against PACCAR); tech giant Broadcom is now suing three automakers there in parallel (Renault, Nissan, Hyundai)
Ever more lawsuits targeting automotive companies are now being filed with the Unified Patent Court. Broadcom alone has already filed suits against four different car makers there.
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Broadcom suing Deutsche Telekom in Unified Patent Court after settling with TelefĂłnica, winning injunction against Renault
Broadcom has just settled with Spanish (but internationally present) telecommunications carrier TelefĂłnica, won a high-profile injunction against Renault, and is now going after Deutsche Telekom.
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Brief update on Renault’s race against the clock after Broadcom won Germany-wide Clio, MĂ©gane SEP injunction
How likely is that Renault avoids enforcement, short of settling? Renault’s motion to stay enforcement is neither cakewalk nor a long shot as enforcement would cause major damage. Bosch and Valeo are intervenors.
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First trillion-dollar “patent troll”: Broadcom is more profitable and several times more valuable than anyone with an active assertion program ever was
Broadcom is several times larger than Microsoft and IBM were when they operated active patent licensing and enforcement programs. And it’s sucking oygen out of Europe.
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BREAKING: Munich court bans Renault’s sales of Clio, MĂ©gane cars over Broadcom Ethernet SEP: final demand was within FRAND range; recall and destruction
The next SEP injunction from Munich is about wired (not wireless) communications.
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TelefĂłnica becomes Avago’s fifth adversary at the Unified Patent Court
Two patent complaints were filed earlier this month.
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Netflix aspires to become Broadcom’s Vietnam, amends second U.S. countersuit with two more patents
Not only has Netflix been defending against Broadcom’s cross-jurisdictional patent assertions for more than five years, but it’s now stepping up its retaliation.
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Netflix ramps up pressure on Broadcom, files second countersuit in Northern District of California
This second suit, like its first, also asserts former HP network and virtualization patents.
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An attempt to “distract” from its own infringement and “harass”: Broadcom seeks to dismiss Netflix countersuit in Northern District of California
The motion to dismiss Netflix’s counter-efforts comes a week after the company failed to be granted a motion seeking to relate that same countersuit to a case Broadcom initiated in the Eastern District of Texas (and which was stayed in 2022).