Category: Ericsson
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Acer divests U.S. communications patent to NPE amid Nokia, Ericsson litigation
Acer has recently reassigned one of its electronics-related patents to a U.S. non-practising entity, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s assignment records, as the company continues to battle Nokia patent infringement claims and bring its own against Ericsson.
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Ericsson, Verizon successfully defend 5G antenna patent infringement claims
A jury in the United States District Court for the District of Eastern Texas has found that Ericsson and Verizon have not infringed five of Singaporean cable manufacturer Procomm’s 5G antenna technology patents.
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BREAKING: Ericsson asserting SEPs against Verifone in UPC Mannheim LD and Hague LD
Verifone was the first SEP implementer to settle a UPC litigation (which Nokia had brought).
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BREAKING: Ericsson brings declaratory judgment action against Acer over 4G/5G patents in District of Delaware to protect its customers
As part of its wider dispute with Nokia, Acer threatened and ultimately sued U.S. mobile network operators over 4G/5G patents. But Ericsson sells equipment to the same customers and is now trying to protect them.
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BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suits in South Africa, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines – Ericsson files third wave against TranssionÂ
Ericsson has now sued Transsion in 11 different jurisdictions, six of which have never received any SEP infringement actions before.
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UPC Court of Appeal has decided access to comparable SEP license agreements: no AEO/EEO regime, but restrictions on use in licensing
The UPC rejects restrictive rules such as Attorneys’ Eyes Only and Expert Eyes Only in order to safeguard a party’s access to justice.
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Latest Patently rankings: Huawei leads in cellular and WiFi 6; LG overtakes Samsung in 5G; Qualcomm #2 in cellular, #4 in WiFi 6; Ericsson, Nokia remain strong
Patent data and analytics service Patently just released its updated cellular rankings and its new WiFi 5 and 6 rankings.
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BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suit in Morocco: Ericsson ramps up 4G, 5G SEP enforcement campaign against Transsion in Indonesia, Colombia, Morocco
Despite offering Transsion arbitration over FRAND-compliant terms, the company continues to “benefit” from Ericsson’s patented technology without a license, and “justice delayed is justice denied”, Robert Earle, Ericsson’s Vice President, Patent Assertion and Enforcement, said today.
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BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suit in Nigeria: Ericsson targets Transsion in patent enforcement campaign covering Brazil, India, UPC, Nigeria
“Despite almost a decade of negotiations, Transsion continues to reject Ericsson’s FRAND offers while failing to enter into a global patent license agreement,” Ericsson announced today.
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Nokia, InterDigital, others defend confidentiality of license terms in UK appeal related to Optis v. Apple, but needed appeals court’s help due to blind spot
It is difficult to seek redactions of “unknown unknowns”, but the England & Wales Court of Appeal allowed amendments at the appellate hearing.
