Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Lenovo defeats InterDigital in UK: FRAND rate of 22.5 cents per unit vs. 17.5 cents before, way below InterDigital’s 49 cents
While InterDigital claims victory, the numbers speak a clear langiuage: Lenovo won.
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Explicit split: UPC’s Mannheim LD elects to impose more restrictive confidentiality regime in Panasonic v. OPPO than Munich
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division decided to impose stricter confidentiality requirements for the Panasonic-OPPO dispute than its Munich counterpart.
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UK court’s denial of interim SEP license requested by Xiaomi due to specific deficiencies, next case could have different outcome
A UK judge’s denial of a declaration that Xiaomi had an interim license to Panasonic’s standard-pessential patents is a setback for implementers, but does not put the question to rest.
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UPC Roundup: two new appellate decisions, important question for infringement standard, new cases, upcoming hearings
This article merely summarizes and links to several recent LinkedIn posts by ip fray, so as to provide a convenient overview for readers of the website and email subscribers. 1. Two new decisions by the Court of Appeal (Friday and Sunday) (link to LinkedIn post) 2. Important question for infringement standard: what if the solution…
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Apple, litigation funder Omni Bridgeway embroiled in U.S. discovery dispute: fishing expedition concerns patent valuation, other analysis
Apple has been defending against a patent dispute by non-practicing entity MPH in California since 2018 and is now seeking discovery of its financial backer Omni Bridgeway through a motion in Delaware.
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UPC Paris CD: amended claims proposed as part of statement of defense to revocation claim accepted despite workflow violation (for now)
The UPC’s Paris CD maintains, for now, a permissive standard for workflow violations. In this case, amended claims were proposed along with the statement of defense to a revocation claim.
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UPC’s Paris CD: disloyalty of counsel is not the other party’s business, and court provides guidance on sufficiently concrete claims
The Unified Patent Court’s Paris Central Division has clarified that (a) an adversary has no standing to allege disloyal conduct by someone’s counsel and (b) gives guidance on what makes an injunction request and a damages claim sufficiently concrete.
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$847 million patent verdict against Verizon; Ericsson on extended receiving end of $583M part, fighting patent at PTAB jointly with Nokia
Context: Hardly a month passes without a non-practicing entity (NPE) obtaining a patent damages verdict in the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. district court (May 11, 2024 ip fray article). What’s new: On Friday (June 28, 2024), a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded NPE General Access Solutions $847 million over…
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Samsung began Galaxy Ring mass production on June 6, will launch in U.S. in early August: court filing
Samsung’s latest court filing in a dispute with smart-ring maker Oura states the exact date on which Samsung began manufacturing the Galaxy Ring and indicates a U.S. launch in early August.
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UPC may deem OPPO’s FRAND counterclaim against Panasonic inadmissible; order also discusses timeliness of claim construction arguments and amended claims
A new order by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division discusses a FRAND rate-setting counterclaim by OPPO, the window for proposing amendments to the patent-in-suit and the requirement to make claim construction arguments early.