Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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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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Interview with Nokia Technologies Acting President Patrik Hammarén: the key is to focus and play to win
In this interview, Patrik Hammarén, the Acting President of Nokia Technologies, explains how he and his team achieved some industry firsts in licensing and says we have not seen the best from Nokia Technologies yet.
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Judge Gilstrap recuses himself from supercomputer firm ParTec’s patent lawsuit against Microsoft: Judge Schroeder takes over
Judge Rodney Gilstrap has recused himself from ParTec v. Microsoft, the most likely explanation being that he or his spouse hold shares in the latter.
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Philips joins Dolby in Via LA enforcement campaign against BLU Products over AVC/H.264 as Chinese low-cost ODMs lack license
Philips sued BLU Products one day after the latter’s answer to Dolby’s compaint in the same district. Both are Via LA licensors and actually targeting Chinese low-cost ODMs.
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In press conference on Nvidia lawsuit, ParTec’s CEO describes UPC as “pragmatic and efficient” with injunctions issuing after 12-18 months
Supercomputer firm ParTec held a press conference yesterday to address questions asked by reporters about its recent patent infringement lawsuit against Nvidia in the UPC.
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Nokia fends off lawsuit in Eastern District of Texas targeting its network infrastructure: three patents not infringed
Nokia has an active patent licensing program and has to enforce if license agreements cannot be concluded otherwise, but also finds itself on the receiving end of patent assertions.
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Munich appeals court rejects German approach to standard-essential patents, tends to pave way for next ECJ ruling on FRAND
The Munich appeals court rejects a FRAND framework under which practically every implementer of a standard gets enjoined, often over petty behavioral details.
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IEEE patent policy mess reaches Unified Patent Court: Netgear’s Hail Mary against Huawei
Today the UPC’s Munich Local Division heard Huawei v. Netgear, a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent case that could be the first for that court in which to reject a FRAND defense.
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Supercomputer firm ParTec sues Nvidia in UPC, seeks 18-country patent injunction against AI chip giant; previously sued Microsoft in U.S.
The UPC has its first AI patent lawsuit, and it’s a major one: supercomputer firm ParTec is suing the world’s presently most valuable corporation, Nvidia in the Munich Local Division.