Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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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.
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BREAKING: New standard-essential patent dispute between ZTE and Lenovo discovered in UK
Between Lenovo and ZTE, the former would be the net licensee, so this may be not only an infringement lawsuit, but also a FRAND claim.
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Apple gets $250 verdict against Masimo, loses on most claims: Apple only wanted (and failed) to create new reason for lifting Apple Watch ban
Apple largely lost, but it merely lost an opportunity and an amount of money it won’t care about. This case could have built another independent reason for lifting the Apple Watch ban.
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Panasonic settles SEP disputes with Xiaomi, OPPO; UK interim license made major impact, FRAND determination could have been influential
The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has stayed next week’s FRAND trial(s) in Panasonic v. Xiaomi and Panasonic v. OPPO further to settlememts.
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Federal Circuit gives Lenovo another chance to win antisuit injunction against Ericsson’s Latin American injunctions, but sidesteps key questions
Lenovo has won, to some extent, an appeal against Ericsson, but the antisuit injunction it is seeking may very well be denied again on remand.
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Enforcement of former BlackBerry patents against Nintendo also extends to Europe’s Unified Patent Court: two cases discovered
Malikie Innovations, the owner of 30K+ former BlackBerry patents, is suing videogame device maker Nintendo not only in the United States but also in Europe’s Unified Patent Court.
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ITC judge upholds Ericsson patent referencing 5G NR prior to finalization of standard: not indefinite
Administrative Law Judge MaryJoan McNamara of the U.S. International Trade Commission disagreed with Lenovo’s claim that a patent is indefinite for referencing 5G NR while the standard was still in the works.
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IP leader Jenni Lukander leaving Nokia, Patrik Hammarén taking over on interim basis
Nokia Technologies President (and, therefore, effectively also Chief IP Officer) Jenni Lukander is leaving the company. Patrik Hammarén, Chief Licensing Officer Wireless, is taking over an interim basis.