Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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UPC tosses Lenovo’s SEP injunction bids against Ericsson: undue delay, “clear-cut case” — and it has to do with LatAm PIs
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division has denied parallel requests by Lenovo’s Motorola Mobility to amend its complaints against Ericsson for the purpose of pursuing injunctive relief.
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European Commission court filing completely disagrees with Sisvel v. Haier: German SEP case law is irreconcilable with EU law
In an amicus curiae brief filed in an appeal by HMD of a Munich judgment in favor of VoiceAge EVS, the European Commission completely rejects (without mentioning it by name) the Sisvel v. Haier decision by Germrany’s Federal Court of Justice.
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Amazon countersues Nokia, asserting AWS patents against CloudBand in Delaware
Amazon is countersuing Nokia, asserting cloud computing patents against Nokia’s CloudBand offering. Nokia previously sued Amazon over video codec patents.
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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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ASUSTeK affiliate suing Lenovo in UPC as well as Munich I Regional Court: September trial
Innovative Sonic Limited is suing Lenovo in the UPC as well as the Munich I Regional Court over ASUSTeK patents.
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Qualcomm sues smartphone volume giant Transsion in UPC, extending patent enforcement campaign that surfaced in India first
Qualcomm started its patent enforcement campaign against China’s Transsion in India, and now a first UPC lawsuit has become discoverable as well.
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To do away with Watch feature ban, Apple leverages Supreme Court’s overruling of Chrevon doctrine: Apple v. ITC & Masimo
Apple’s reply brief in its appeal of the USITC’s Apple Watch ban further to Masimo’s complaint leverages the Supreme Court’s recent Loper Bright ruling that did away with the Chevron doctrine.
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Tesla’s UK FRAND claim against Avanci was overreaching even for a sympathetic judge
Mr Justice Fancourt of the England & Wales High Court threw out Tesla’s FRAND rate-setting claim against Avanci and an exemplary Avanci licensor, InterDigital, earlier this week.