Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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“Limited” UPC impact on global pharma patent strategies, interim licenses debate, “seismic” changes at the PTAB: highlights from Patent Litigation Europe
An overwhelming consensus that life sciences companies prefer to litigate in parallel national courts rather than in the UPC, and an intense debate about the use of interim licenses over arbitration, were among the highlights of the second and third days of Kisaco’s annual Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam this week.
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Japan’s influential Judge Nakashima defines Munich-inspired FRAND guidelines, but there is potential for further interjurisdictional friction
After a recent settlement in Pantech v. Google, Judge Motoyuki Nakashima of the Tokyo District Court has provided general FRAND guidance.
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Apple gets sued in Unified Patent Court by EyesMatch, facing potential injunction in approx. 10 European countries; EyesMatch settled with Microsoft, Samsung; also suing NVIDIA now
After settling with Ona Patents (backed by Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP) and Headwater, Apple is now being sued by EyesMatch, which peviously struck settlements with Microsoft and Samsung.
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LG Electronics strikes joint WiFi, video codec patent licensing deal with InterDigital, Sony
The agreement licenses LG’s digital TVs and computer display monitors under InterDigital´s joint licensing program with Sony and includes licenses to technologies such as ATSC 3.0, Wi-Fi, and video codecs.
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Transsion faces fresh litigation in India: LG Electronics files wireless communications patents infringement action in Delhi High Court
The court, which first heard the case in November, will hear the parties’ arguments over pro-tem measures on February 3, 2026.
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Nokia signs patent licensing agreement with fifth Chinese automaker
The new deal reflects the increased respect shown by Chinese automakers for Nokia’s intellectual property rights, Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, said in a blog post today.
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Latest Patently rankings: Huawei leads in cellular and WiFi 6; LG overtakes Samsung in 5G; Qualcomm #2 in cellular, #4 in WiFi 6; Ericsson, Nokia remain strong
Patent data and analytics service Patently just released its updated cellular rankings and its new WiFi 5 and 6 rankings.
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Google not off the hook after UPC Dusseldorf LD ruling that it doesn’t infringe Ona Patents’ patent: indirect infringement is explicitly not ruled out
Google Pixel phones on their own have been cleared of infringement, but the combination of Google Pixel phones with accessories such as earphones and watches may infringe indirectly.
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Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP strikes trade secret litigation financing deal with Tangibly
The partnership will transform trade secret enforcement from a “reactive burden into a proactive advantage”, Mr. Spangenberg said today.
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Nokia inks three new multimedia patent licensing agreements, including with social media platform Snapchat
The deals mark Nokia’s first video streaming deals with social messaging companies, Tejas Shah, Nokia’s newly appointed Chief Licensing Officer for New Segments, said in a blog post today.