Category: Patent Litigation
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UPC Munich LD will assess implementer willingness ahead of FRAND license disclosure in InterDigital v TCL
The UPC’s Munich LD has declined to order InterDigital to disclose comparable license agreements while TCL’s willingness to take a FRAND license remains disputed, potentially allowing the court to resolve the FRAND defense without examining those agreements.
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Brazilian judge grants IBEX merits-based PI against Disney over HEVC patent: threatens Disney+ suspension through app stores, device manufacturers
A Rio de Janeiro judge has found that Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe one of IBEX’s patents and has ordered compliance within 15 days, or it will face a rare order directed at app stores and device makers to suspend Disney+ in Brazil.
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Solar patent wars: GameChange hits back at Nextpower in District of Delaware over solar tracking technology
The battle opens another front in the complex web of patent disputes over solar energy technologies.
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Yangtze Memory urges U.S. district court to lift stay on three-year 3D NAND patent infringement litigation against Micron
Every additional month of delay erodes YMTC’s patents’ commercial value, the company has argued, as it asks the Northern District of California to lift a stay in a patent infringement case YMTC filed almost three years ago.
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Simultaneous Great Wall Motor settlements suggest Avanci license: who are the other 6 licensees among China’s top 10 car exporters?
IP Bridge and Sun Patent Trust withdrew their Brazilian cases against GWM on the same day. Previously, Geely and BYD settled. We’ve looked into who the other Chinese Avanci licensees might be.
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Abbott wins another UPC PI against glucose sensor rival Sibio
The UPC’s Milan Local Division has granted Abbott a second UPC-wide preliminary injunction in its patent infringement case against Chinese rival Sibio, despite allowing the latter’s late-presented claim construction arguments to be admitted.
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Apple sued by BASF spin-off over face recognition tech in Western District of Texas
Plaintiff trinamiX was established by BASF to commercialize discoveries around advanced sensing, including optical skin recognition.
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EPO Enlarged Board limits mandatory description amendments in G 1/25
The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal has ruled that amended claims do not automatically require corresponding changes to the description, while reinforcing the description’s role in claim interpretation.
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Podcast: interview with WIPO’s Heike Wollgast on SEP mediation pledge, role of alternative dispute resolution in patent litigation
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Heike Wollgast, who heads up the IP Disputes Section of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center.
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Accord slapped with injunction in Munich after invalidity losses in EPO, German Federal Patent CourtÂ
The Munich I Regional Court has found that Accord infringed TOWA’s dabigatran etexilate patent, issuing an injunction against the company. Dabigatran etexilate is an oral anticoagulant medicine that stops blood clots from forming, preventing strokes, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism, among other things.
