Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Person running shell companies behind 100+ lawsuits over IP Edge patents must testify in person on fraud allegations
The Federal Circuit affirmed an order by a district court to compel a person to testify in court as part of an inquiry into potentially fraudulent litigation conduct involving IP Edge and a number of satellite LLCs.
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Ericsson and OPPO announce license deal while InterDigital unconvincingly attempts to explain away its UK FRAND defeat
Ericsson announces a multi-year license agreement with OPPO, a company against which InterDigital continues to litigate. InterDigital tries to explain away its UK defeat, but the damage is done.
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Lenovo’s major UK win over InterDigital: chart and further analysis
Friday’s UK appellate ruling awards InterDigital a per-unit royalty from Lenovo that amounts to only 45% of what it was seeking.
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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.