Category: Patent Litigation
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UPC rulings: Abbott destroys Dexcom patent (Munich LD), Amycel wins preliminary injunction against Polish farmer (The Hague)
Two different Local Divisions of the UPC handed down decisions today, one in favor of a defendant and the other in favor of a plaintiff who sought a preliminary injunction.
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UPC roundup: CoA on late equivalence, expediting PI appeals; first-instance decisions on service of process, public access
This is a roundup on multiple UPC decisions published these days, on a variety of issues ranging from service of process to late-presented equivalence theories.
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ASUSTeK affiliate suing Lenovo in UPC as well as Munich I Regional Court: September trial
Innovative Sonic Limited is suing Lenovo in the UPC as well as the Munich I Regional Court over ASUSTeK patents.
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Qualcomm sues smartphone volume giant Transsion in UPC, extending patent enforcement campaign that surfaced in India first
Qualcomm started its patent enforcement campaign against China’s Transsion in India, and now a first UPC lawsuit has become discoverable as well.
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UPC’s Paris LD believes intervenor can’t challenge patent-in-suit in ANY way after defendant failed to bring revocation counterclaim
The Unified Patent Court’s Paris Local Division denied a motion to stay an infringement action over an intervenor’s revocation action filed with the Paris Central Division.
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Gallium nitride patent war escalates as Infineon amends U.S. complaint against Innoscience: now asserting four patents, not just one
Infineon has filed an amended complaint against Innoscience in the Northern District of California, now inserting three additional patents besides the original patent-in-suit.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal revives Progress v. AWM & Schnell infringement action deemed untimely by Milan LD after evidence preservation
Through a reserve-and-remand decision, the UPC’s Court of Appeal has breathed new life into a patent infringement action by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG against AWM and Schnell — and has provided clarifications regarding preservation-of-evidence proceedings.
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UPC judges don’t accept “attorneys’ eyes only” designations for confidential information: potential effects on U.S. litigation
Decision after decision, including the two most recently-published orders, the UPC declines to limit access to confidential business or technical information to outside counsel.
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UPC’s Paris CD keeps Edwards Lifesciences patent on prosthetic heart valve alive based on late-filed auxiliary request
The UPC’s Paris Central Division has upheld an Edwards Lifesciences patent in an amended form on a procedural basis that will result in an important clarification by the Court of Appeal.
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To do away with Watch feature ban, Apple leverages Supreme Court’s overruling of Chrevon doctrine: Apple v. ITC & Masimo
Apple’s reply brief in its appeal of the USITC’s Apple Watch ban further to Masimo’s complaint leverages the Supreme Court’s recent Loper Bright ruling that did away with the Chevron doctrine.