Category: Ericsson
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Milan LD’s handling of Ericsson-ASUS cases does nothing to encourage patentees to file in non-German UPC venues
If high-stakes cases in rapidly-evolving industries take more than 27 months from docketing to hearing, it will be hard for a less popular UPC division to compete with the top four or five venues.
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A closer look at Transsion’s SEP situation: the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker is stirring Chinese market
Transsion is dominating African and Southeast Asian markets and is now embroiled in several major disputes with SEP licensing giants. Last week, it filed its first-ever publicly-known patent infringement complaint in response to a major campaign initiated by Ericsson.
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BREAKING: Transsion escalates Ericsson patent litigation in UPC, files its first-ever public patent infringement complaint
Transsion has sued Ericsson in the Unified Patent Court’s Lisbon Local Division over the infringement of one of its patents, marking its first-ever publicly-known patent infringement complaint.
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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 Transsion
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.