Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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U.S. appeals court to Apple: now prove the value of your IP in district court (for the first time since the Samsung patent spat)
An appellate ruling that largely upheld contempt sanctions imposed on Apple will now lead to further proceedings in district court.
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UK court order following Amazon v. InterDigital antisuit hearing just serves as summary of status quo; big elephant remains in room
It was already clear during the recent Amazon v. InterDigital hearing in London that the UK antisuit injunction would remain in place.
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Nokia signs bilateral wireless patent licensing agreement with automaker Stellantis, acquires WiFi 7 patents from Huawei
In a blog post today, Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, announced that the company has signed a bilateral patent licensing agreement with Stellantis – its fourth major WLAN license deal with an automaker this year – and acquired several of Huawei’s WiFi 7-related patents.
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Sun Patent Trust’s UPC action may dissuade automaker Geely from peacemeal resolution; Bardehle becomes first law firm to be on both sides of Avanci
It is unclear why Geely is betting on licensing strategies that Volkswagen and Mercedes previously abandoned.
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10x Genomics, Moderna, Novo Nordisk among newly confirmed speakers for Patent Litigation Europe event (pharma & tech) next month
Eric Whitaker, Chief Legal Officer at 10x Genomics, Karen Guo, Senior Director of Patents & IP at Novo Nordisk, and Katherine Hinterberg, Senior Director of Patent Litigation at Moderna, will speak at Kisaco Research’s annual Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam.
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Netflix now has exclusive merger talks with Warner Bros. Discovery despite Trump-aligned Paramount having raised antitrust concerns
Given the current wave of patent enforcement actions against video streamers, including Nokia v. Warner Bros. Discovery, we exceptionally share some thoughts on a proposed streaming merger with upstream implications for the video patent licensing market.
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InterDigital’s jurisdictional challenge to Amazon’s UK claims heard by skeptical judge; Amazon rejects LJ Arnold’s arbitration idea
The hurdle to get standalone FRAND claims in the UK dismissed for jurisdicitonal reasons appears to remain very high, if not insurmountable.
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Delhi High Court allows Dr. Reddy’s to enter Indian semaglutide market in March 2026, dismisses Novo Nordisk appeal
In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court has ruled that Novo Nordisk failed to prove why it should be granted an interim injunction against Dr. Reddy’s, but has ordered the latter not to proceed with sales in Indian until the patent-in-suit expires on March 20, 2026.
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USPTO upholds core Proxense patent in Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Google invalidation cases
Biometrics firm Proxense has bagged a key win in ongoing big tech patent litigation, after the United States Patent & Trademark Office upheld a key patent following a review requested by Samsung.
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Xiaomi to face off with Datang over 4G/5G SEP infringement in Munich in March 2026, successfully invalidates ASC patents in China
The Munich I Regional Court will hear Datang’s SEP infringement suit against Xiaomi on March 11, 2025, while the latter has successfully invalidated three of Advanced Standard Communication LLC’s patents in China.