Category: BSH v. Electrolux
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UPC’s Hague LD grants Abbott two preliminary injunctions, assumes long-arm jurisdiction (Spain) over German defendants, clarifies urgency requirement
The Unified Patent Court’s Hague LD has provided clarifications on long-arm jurisdiction and urgency that have applicabiliy beyond these two cases.
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UPC CoA to hold two key long-arm hearings in March: wide spectrum from restrictive read of Mannheim ruling to expansive Paris LD take
Long-arm jurisdiction will take some further clarification by the Court of Appeal. Presently, the Paris LD has the most expansive view, but is under appeal, and the Mannheim LD may (or may not!) have the most restrictive stance.
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UPC’s Mannheim LD imposes €1.72M contempt fine on Kodak for insufficient information, recall, destruction; discusses cross-border enforcement
The order is significant because of the substantial amount of the penalty as well as the olive branch it extends to the English courts.
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“Limited” UPC impact on global pharma patent strategies, interim licenses debate, “seismic” changes at the PTAB: highlights from Patent Litigation Europe
An overwhelming consensus that life sciences companies prefer to litigate in parallel national courts rather than in the UPC, and an intense debate about the use of interim licenses over arbitration, were among the highlights of the second and third days of Kisaco’s annual Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam this week.
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Both BMW and Onesta made inconsistent representations in U.S. antisuit dispute this week; Federal Circuit makes first decision
The Federal Circuit will decide on a motion to stay enforcement after Judge Albright has issued his written injunction ruling.
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BREAKING: Judge Albright orders immediate withdrawal of Munich lawsuits over U.S. patents (BMW v. Onesta antisuit injunction)
At the end of a motion hearing in the Western District of Texas, licensing firm Onesta was ordered immediately to withdraw its lawsuits in Munich over two U.S. patents.
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NPE Onesta will not seek anti-antisuit injunction against BMW’s U.S. antisuit injunction barring Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: de-escalation
Non-practicing entity Onesta puts the fate of BMW’s antisuit injunction (which is presently only a TRO) entirely into the hands of the U.S. federal judiciary.
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Opposition brief filed: could copyright-related case law persuade Judge Albright to lift BMW’s antisuit injunction against Munich lawsuit over U.S. patents?
Onesta has raised various arguments against BMW’s antisuit motion, some of which are potentially more compelling than others.
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Eastern District of Munich: Onesta sues BMW in Munich I Regional Court over two U.S. and one European former AMD patents
Onesta has filed an unprecedented action in the Munich I Regional Court, asserting two U.S. patents and one European patent against BMW, pushing for an extension of the practical reach of the so-called “long-arm jurisdiction”.
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Munich I Regional Court’s written reasons for multi-country pharma PI: out-of-district defendants can be sued, German procedures apply
The Munich I Regional Court’s headnotes are highly instructive and make the court an attractive forum for cross-border injunctions.