Category: Wilus
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USPTO, DOJ file 3rd joint pro-injunction brief since June in standards-RELATED but NOT undisputedly standard-ESSENTIAL patent case: next stop Wilus v. Askey?
Patent holder Collision said that its patents-in-suit were not standard-essential and Samsung did not raise a FRAND defense, but Collision later made infringement arguments that were standards-related.
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Wilus seeking first U.S. SEP injunction in almost 20 years against ASUS subsidiary Askey’s WiFi routers: irreparable harm to research
The only known SEP injunction ever granted by a U.S. district court (in the Digital Era) was CSIRO v. Buffalo in 2007. By coincidence, it also involved WiFi and the same district court.
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Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examples
After last month’s injunctions, Acer and ASUS may still be holding out (which is meant non-judgmentally here). We received (a) surprising information from a court on Friday and (b) took note of an interesting but little-noticed statement.
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New Munich FRAND guidance: up to 18% total SEP royalty on phones, foreign FRAND may backfire, cross-checks (top-down, pools), no capture of non-standardized value, and more
The Munich I Regional Court is the world’s #1 SEP injunction venue. Its new guidelines have now become available, and compatible with the latest Federal Court of Justice decision
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Munich Regional Court Judge Dr. Schoen on incoming new judge, cross-border injunctions, FRAND calculations in Wilus v. ASUS
The incoming Presiding Judge over the 21st Civil Chamber, who will replace Judge Dr. Georg Werner, has been chosen and has a “patent-positive approach”, Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber told attendees of the 12th annual IP and Competition Forum in Oxford today.
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HP apparently realized it couldn’t defend against Huawei’s UPC action over WiFi 6, settled three disputes through Sisvel pool license
It didn’t take long after Huawei’s assertion of a winning WiFi 6 patent for HP to settle by taking a Sisvel pool license.