Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Good for NPEs and litigation funders: UPC Munich LD denies requests to order U.S.-based licensing firm to provide security for litigation costs
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division denied a request by Volkswagen, its Audi subsidiary and Texas Instruments that a license firm be ordered to provide security for litigation expenses.
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WiLAN subsidiary IPA Technologies obtains $242M verdict against Microsoft over patent related to Apple’s Siri voice assistant
A lawsuit filed in the Delaware in early 2018 against Microsoft over six patents resulted in a verdict over just one of those patents, but amounting to $242 million.
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UPC Mannheim LD sticks to German practice of severing claims against non-EU defendants to avoid delays due to service of process
The UPC’s Mannheim Local Division has split up each of three Panasonic v. Xiaomi actions before it into three separate cases so as not to be held up by service of process outside the EU.
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Lenovo’s UK-centric SEP litigation strategy against Ericsson and InterDigital exposed again by official filings
In its current SEP disputes with Ericsson and InterDigital, Lenovo consistently favors the UK over other jurisdictions, even to the point where its actions contradict its words.
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Ericsson says other phone makers accepted its 1% (capped at $4 per unit) 5G standard-essential patent royalty
Context: In February, Judges Terrence Boyle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina denied an antisuit injunction motion by Lenovo and its Motorola Mobility subsidiary that would have barred Ericsson from the enforcement of various Latin American standard-essential patent (SEP) injunctions (February 15, 2024 ip fray article). Lenovo appealed…
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Munich court sets low bond (€1 million for phones, €3 million for tablets and PCs) for InterDigital v. Lenovo SEP injunction
The Munich I Regional Court has confirmed that InterDigital obtained a German patent injunction against Lenovo.
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Federal Circuit effectively discourages patentees from availing themselves of pseudo-judicial Amazon procedure named APEX
Amazon’s Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) may fall out of favor with patent holders as a means of exerting pressure on an alleged infringer, as the Federal Circuit allows bring declaratory-judgment actions in the latter’s home state.
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From $67.5M to $142M to $61M: roller-coaster damages award in Samsung SEP case as PTAB invalidates one of two patents
The patent that accounts for more than half of the $142M retrial verdict against Samsung has been invalidated by the PTAB.