Category: HP
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UPC’s first French patent injunction: HP prevails on one of two patents over distributor LAMA, whose antitrust defense failed
Context: Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation is still heavily concentrated in Germany, though The Hague is also becoming a major hotspot (November 5, 2024 ip fray article). One of the infringement lawsuits filed with the Paris Local Division (LD) is HP v. LAMA. The printer manufacturer wants to shut down the importation and sale of…
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UPC Dusseldorf LD lets pool administrator Access Advance intervene in Dolby v. HP SEP case: FRAND compliance of pool terms in dispute
The UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division found that pool administrator Access Advance had a sufficient interest to intervene in a Dolby v. HP standard-essential patent case as the defendant had disputed that the pool’s terms were FRAND.