Category: OPPO
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Two FRAND firsts for the UPC: first SEP settlement (Nokia-Verifone), first FRAND appellate hearing (OPPO-Panasonic)
Virtually simultaneously, the Unified Patent Court has seen its first SEP dispute settled and its Court of Appeal has heard the first FRAND-specific appeal.
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Philips gets 5G SEPs from OPPO, probably under recent settlement agreement and following OPPO’s recent Toyota deal
OPPO’s recently discovered 5G patent sale to Toyota was unprecedented, but a divestiture to Philips, which already owns a number of cellular SEPs and has a very active licensing program, is all the more surprising. It may be due to a settlement.
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Mr Justice Meade’s letter to UPC, German judges regarding upcoming FRAND determination in Panasonic v. Xiaomi & OPPO
Two weeks after ip fray reported on Mr Justice Meade’s plan to write a letter to his colleagues on the UPC and two German national courts regarding his upcoming FRAND determinatoin, the actual letter has become available.
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Toyota acquired dozens of 5G SEPs from OPPO to equip itself for cross-licensing and countersuits
Toyota acquired dozens of 5G standard-essential patents from OPPO, making the company potentially not only a licensee but also a licensor of cellular SEPs.
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UK court to inform UPC, German courts that FRAND determinations in Panasonic v. OPPO & Xiaomi will come down before Christmas
Mr Justice Meade of the England & Wales High Court plans to officially inform his colleagues at the Unified Patent Court and certain German national courts that his FRAND determinations in Panasonic’s disputes with OPPO and Xiaomi will come down before the end of the year.
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Ericsson and OPPO announce license deal while InterDigital unconvincingly attempts to explain away its UK FRAND defeat
Ericsson announces a multi-year license agreement with OPPO, a company against which InterDigital continues to litigate. InterDigital tries to explain away its UK defeat, but the damage is done.
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Lenovo’s major UK win over InterDigital: chart and further analysis
Friday’s UK appellate ruling awards InterDigital a per-unit royalty from Lenovo that amounts to only 45% of what it was seeking.
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Explicit split: UPC’s Mannheim LD elects to impose more restrictive confidentiality regime in Panasonic v. OPPO than Munich
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division decided to impose stricter confidentiality requirements for the Panasonic-OPPO dispute than its Munich counterpart.
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UPC Roundup: two new appellate decisions, important question for infringement standard, new cases, upcoming hearings
This article merely summarizes and links to several recent LinkedIn posts by ip fray, so as to provide a convenient overview for readers of the website and email subscribers. 1. Two new decisions by the Court of Appeal (Friday and Sunday) (link to LinkedIn post) 2. Important question for infringement standard: what if the solution…
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UPC may deem OPPO’s FRAND counterclaim against Panasonic inadmissible; order also discusses timeliness of claim construction arguments and amended claims
A new order by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division discusses a FRAND rate-setting counterclaim by OPPO, the window for proposing amendments to the patent-in-suit and the requirement to make claim construction arguments early.