Category: Patent Litigation
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SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP Dealmakers
The need for greater transparency in the value of standards, a debate on the increasing use of AI in patent litigation claims, and geopolitical considerations in IP enforcement were among the highlights of the first and second days of the third annual IP Dealmakers in London this week.
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Nvidia, Western Digital among defendants as vertical chip designer MonolithIC 3D expands multi-district litigation campaign
After filing several U.S. infringement suits in recent months, MonolithIC 3D has just fired off another salvo involving a new set of semiconductor design patents.
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Microsoft settles U.S. patent litigation with Bernhard Frohwitter’s ParTec over supercomputer technology ahead of Texas trial
The supercomputer patent lawsuit filed two years ago has been settled. For now, there are no signs of ParTec also having reached an agreement with NVIDIA, which is being sued in the UPC.
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UK appeals court permanently stays Acer, ASUS FRAND cases against Nokia: arbitration acceptable; no more FRAND trial
The Court of Appeal of England & Wales has largely overruled a decision by the High Court of Justice and stayed the proceedings. The two computer makers overplayed their hand.
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Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involved
Malikie has filed parallel patent infringement suits against Hyundai and Honda asserting Wi-Fi SEPs and other patents relating to connected-vehicle technologies, while emphasizing lengthy but unsuccessful FRAND licensing discussions prior to litigation.
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UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediation
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division makes two settlement proposals with different contract terms and alternatively suggests mediation by the UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre.
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10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patents
In the next-generation sequencing space, 10x Genomics has settled its litigation with Curio Biosciences, just before filing a new patent infringement lawsuit against Element Biosciences in Delaware.
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Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysis
A redacted version of the full Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate judgment has become available over the weekend. Here you can find an English machine translation and a Chinese author’s personal take.
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Samsung requested €295M ($350M) security for enforcement of Germany-wide patent injunction against its phones and tablets
Samsung defended itself in that case (barring a successful appeal), so there will be no need for enforcement security. But the collateral demand is interesting in light of a German injunction ZTE obtained against Samsung last week.
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Nissan settles patent dispute with Broadcom
Broadcom is still embroiled in litigation with Renault (which is under enormous settlement pressure as an injunction is being enforced) and Hyundai.