Category: Patent Litigation
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Munich court cancels Advanced Standard Communication trial against Xiaomi; several Chinese ASC patents revoked
Non-practicing entities increasingly find Xiaomi to be a hard target. Advanced Standard Communication’s patents are under major invalidation pressure, resulting in the cancelation of a Munich trial and a bunch of Chinese revocation rulings.
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Longhorn IP unit and Samsung sign 5G SEP licensing deal as U.S. litigation against Lenovo continues
Dido Wireless Innovations LLC is monetizing a portfolio of 5G SEPs acquired from Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology.
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U.S. Supreme Court again called upon to examine “settled expectations” basis for USPTO discretionary denials
Kahoot has filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking SCOTUS to review settled expectations denials, following a similar petition filed by Google earlier this year.
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âThe future of medicine and diagnosticsâ: behind the patent enforcement strategy of biotech tools company SeerÂ
Seerâs VP of Legal, George Fox, discusses the challenges that its patent portfolio has recently overcome, and the enforcement campaign it has launched in the U.S.Â
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Snap under pressure as ETRI files U.S. complaint, joins fellow VDP licensors in expanding the social media company’s SEP docket
ETRI and Kyung Hee University join Dolby and others in taking action against Snap’s alleged infringement of video SEPs.
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Disney switches off 4K UHD and HDR in Germany, possibly other markets due to InterDigital’s UPC injunction
Disney continues to degrade the quality of its streaming offerings in Germany just to comply with InterDigital’s video patent injunctions.
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Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart announces departure from USPTO
In a social media post, Ms. Stewart said she will leave the agency later this week and return to private practice.
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Fractus and Geotab end U.S. litigation over IoT antenna tech after IPR, ex parte attempts fall to “settled expectations”
Spain’s Fractus described the settlement as “an important milestone” in IoT markets including connected transport and fleet management.
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ParTec expands supercomputer patent enforcement campaign: sues Hewlett Packard Enterprise at UPC Munich LD
ParTec and its licensing partner BF exaQC have filed a new UPC complaint against Hewlett Packard Enterprise, asserting two supercomputer patents in Munich.
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Tesla wins UK Supreme Court appeal against InterDigital & Avanci: totally unhinged UKSC engages in reckless judicial imperialism
Some of the same judges who were responsible for Unwired v. Huawei and the interjurisdictional friction it created have stepped over the line once more, engaging in outright usurpation.