Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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BREAKING: Munich court bans Renault’s sales of Clio, Mégane cars over Broadcom Ethernet SEP: final demand was within FRAND range; recall and destruction
The next SEP injunction from Munich is about wired (not wireless) communications.
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Amazon no longer defends cloud customers against video patent infringement claims, arguing it would otherwise have to raise prices
The world’s largest cloud provider offers various multimedia-specific services to its customers. It blames its new liability disclaimer on video patent holders’ royalty demands.
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Huawei first SEP holder to get UK interim-license ruling: TP-Link to make non-refundable, upwards-adjustable $12M payment; plus refundable payment on top; no escrow
So far it used to be the implementers, or net licensees, who sought UK interim-license declarations. Huawei v. TP-Link is different. Almost historic.
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Amazon brings second UPC appeal against InterDigital in interim-license context; both appeals likely to be heard together on May 28
Amazon is one of the world’s largest corporations and has a huge litigation budget.
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ZTE defeats Samsung again as Brazilian appeals court reinstates 5G injunction, declines to give Samsung “free pass to infringe” and hold out
ZTE’s impressive winning streak continues, and Samsung now has to give serious consideration to a settlement as the noose is tightening.
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UK judge adamant about ensuring that InterDigital’s UPC injunction won’t prevent Amazon from obtaining post-trial FRAND ruling
InterDigital is being pressured not to seek relief in the UPC against a UK global FRAND ruling, and apparently bowing to the pressure. What will the UPC do now?
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Beko, Arçelik have no FRAND case against Dolby (for multiple reasons): UPC Dusseldorf LD hearing
The Unified Patent Court’s Dusseldorf Local Division is hearing Dolby v. Beko & Arçelik today. Not only is there no FRAND pledge but there is no abuse of a dominant market position at any rate.
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ASUS, TP-Link among targets in new U.S. NPE WiFi patent infringement campaign
Licensing firm AX Wireless LLC has sued ASUSTek, D-Link, TP-Link, and Ubiquiti over the alleged infringement of the same five WiFi-related patents in parallel actions in the Eastern District of Texas, the Central District of California, and the Northern District of Illinois.
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Munich court calls UK interim-license declarations “flawed in legitimacy”, deems UK courts incompetent to impose global licenses; finds pool rates far below FRAND
A redacted Nokia v. ASUS ruling showcases the application of the Munich court’s FRAND guidelines and takes a clear position on the illegitimacy of UK interim-license declarations.