Category: Patent Litigation
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Delaware judge reverses course, hands Irish NPE Tir a fourth chance against Comcast over streaming patents
Judge Choe-Groves withdrew her dismissal of claims over the assertion of three Tir patents against Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Peacock, but struck parts of Tirâs infringement contentions on the one patent that survived.
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âSame premise, different plaintiffâ: Adeia seeks to dismiss DISH DJ action over video patents
Adeia claims that DISHâs declaratory judgment action âdoes not allege an actual controversyâ with Adeia over the 10 patents-in-suit. âAt mostâ, it âtries to borrow one from DIRECTVâ, the motion reads.
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Atlas Global goes after Nintendo for Wi-Fi SEP infringement following Federal Circuit affirmation of $37.5M jury award, European validity woes
Atlas Global claims the Nintendo Switch 2, among other products, infringes 11 of its patents relevant to Wi-Fi 6 technology.
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StayTouch sues Apple over NameDrop feature with patent issued the same day
StayTouch has filed a second Texas lawsuit against Apple over NameDrop, asserting a patent that was issued that same day, while its first case remains stayed pending an ITC investigation.
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TCLâs binding pledge in Delhi narrows its options for interim relief in Shenzhen against InterDigitalâs Brazilian HEVC injunction
The Delhi High Court held TCL to its German counselâs assurance that TCL would not interfere with InterDigitalâs right to enforce its patents. The pledge leaves TCL little room to seek an antisuit injunction and could also constrain a request in Shenzhen for an interim license covering the sales enjoined in Brazil.
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Three-year prison sentence confirmed for ex-Samsung IP head over trade secret misappropriation
Seungho Ahn, who headed up Samsungâs IP unit for nine years, has been sentenced to three years in prison for the misappropriation of trade secrets relating to Samsungâs patent strategy, including using them in a U.S. patent infringement lawsuit.
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$9M attorney fees award reversed by Federal Circuit for Myriad-plus proof of unpatentability
The panel concluded that while the plaintiff “ultimately did not prevail, it cannot be said that the substantive strength of its… position was so exceptionally meritless” as to justify the fees award.
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DAZN hit with parallel HEVC patent suits in Munich I Regional Court, UPC
Velos Media has filed a German infringement action against sports streamer DAZN over an HEVC encoding patent, on the same day it also brought a separate UPC suit in Munich.
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No one faces more video patent lawsuits than Disney, but Disney has its own history of vigorous IP enforcement, including injunctions
The Walt Disney Company is on the receiving end of numerous video patent lawsuits in different jurisdictions. When it comes to its own IP, Disney enforces vigorously.
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Pfizer fends off Paxlovid patent suit: UPC Munich LD invalidates patent; EPO Opposition Division also leaning toward invalidation
Pfizer is in a strong position against Enanta in a Paxlovid-related patent case as the plaintiff will need to overcome both a UPC first-instance decision and an EPO preliminary opinion.