Category: Patent Litigation
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5 lessons from InterDigital v. Lenovo UK FRAND appeal for EU SEP Regulation
This week’s InterDigital v. Lenovo FRAND appeal in the UK shows again why the proposed EU SEP Regulation is misguided.
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Panasonic’s SEP enforcement against Xiaomi faces delays in UPC’s Mannheim LD: October trial may be purely technical, no FRAND
The UPC part of Panasonic’s SEP enforcement campaign against Xiaomi has been delayed and may face further delays, particularly with respect to the FRAND defense.
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UK appeals court unlikely to affirm InterDigital-Lenovo FRAND determination: Munich court also rejected it as unreliable
The England & Wales Court of Appeal is hearing the InterDigital-Lenovo cross-appeals this week. It appears unlikely that Mr Justice Mellor’s finding of a $0.175/unit FRAND rate will be affirmed.
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Famous patent monetizer Frohwitter’s supercomputer firm files multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over Microsoft’s cloud/AI infrastructure
Susman Godfrey represents supercomputer firm ParTec, run by IPCom founder and former patent litigator Bernhard Frohwitter, in a new cloud computing patent dispute with Microsoft.
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UPC’s Hamburg LD grants Tesla discovery into Avago’s standing to sue over Broadcom patent: self-dealing questioned
The Unified Patent Court’s Hamburg Local Division has granted Tesla access to certain documents related to an internal patent transfer by Avago-Broadcom.
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UPC’s Munich LD: patentees get two months to seek preliminary injunction, defendants get only three invalidity contentions
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division believes a preliminary injunction motion filed within a two-month window is timely, and defendants must limit themselves to three invalidity contentions.
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Assignment rules in Western District of Texas now cover related cases, but Judge Albright just got another Proxense lawsuit
A complaint that was filed one day after the latest revision of the Western District’s assignment rules was ordered has already been assigned to Judge Albright for judicial-economy reasons.
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London court heard jurisdictional challenges to Tesla’s pre-emptive 5G SEP strike against InterDigital and Avanci
Tesla’s pre-emptive strike FRAND action in the UK against InterDigital and Avanci may surmount the low hurdle of a jurisdictional challenge, but it should not.
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Delhi High Court says bank guarantee by OPPO is sufficient to protect InterDigital’s interests — no punitive intent
On appeal, the Delhi High Court has determined that OPPO does not have to make a deposit to ensure InterDigital will get paid at the end of the proceedings: a bank guarantee is enough.
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Patent license negotiators get valuable guidance from Federal Circuit in $20M Google thermostat decision on how to prepare for future trials
In EcoFactor v. Google, the Federal Circuit upheld all three decisions challenged by Google (concerning validity, infringement and, which is discussed in most detail, damages).