Category: Patent Litigation
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Google sued in Unified Patent Court by NPE Eyesmatch
NPE Eyesmatch has sued Google in the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division over the alleged infringement of a patent closely related to another it previously enforced against Apple, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Microsoft.
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Moderna, Genevant, Arbutus settle global mRNA patent infringement dispute
Moderna could have to pay up to $2.25 billion as part of the settlement agreement, but remains confident it will close 2026 with up to $5 billion in cash and cash equivalents as a result of the deal.
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Interjurisdictional peace in global SEP enforcement would be possible through mutual covenants not to go extraterritorial
Some litigants are now busier litigating anti-interference and antisuit injunctions (which come in different shapes and forms) than the actual patents. That is an inefficient resource allocation.
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USPTO, DOJ file 3rd joint pro-injunction brief since June in standards-RELATED but NOT undisputedly standard-ESSENTIAL patent case: next stop Wilus v. Askey?
Patent holder Collision said that its patents-in-suit were not standard-essential and Samsung did not raise a FRAND defense, but Collision later made infringement arguments that were standards-related.
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UPC panel warns requesting expedited UK FRAND trials may trigger sanctions: part II of InterDigital v. Amazon coverage
This is a follow-up to our previous report on a highly instructive UPC hearing in Mannheim.
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Amazon backs down (pending appeal) after UPC’s Mannheim LD finds it in breach of InterDigital’s anti-interference injunction; further guidance
The Mannheim Local Division has defused the contempt-of-court issue with Amazon over a potential pursuit of damages in the UK based on hypothetical future enforcement in the UPC.
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UPC Mannheim rejects “strictly geometric” interpretation of “greater than or equal” in laser patent dispute, grants injunction
In a dispute between rivals in the market for high-performance laser technology for industrial applications, Germany’s Trumpf has prevailed over U.S. company IPG. The latter will appeal.
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Nokia pulls a Huawei against Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount: prepared to grant interim license
This now the second interim-license case (actually, a pair of cases) in which a SEP holder turns an implementer-filed UK FRAND action into a boomerang.
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Ultimate showdown: UPC presumes Amazon is in breach of injunction, gives until Friday to back down; meanwhile, Disney may be settling with InterDigital
Amazon reserves the right to seek damages from InterDigital if no global license is granted on UK-determined terms. The UPC’s Mannheim LD is not prepared to accept this.