Category: Patent Litigation
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Ericsson shifts part of Transsion SEP fight to UPC Central Division with standalone revocation action
Ericsson has launched a standalone revocation action against a Transsion patent at the UPC’s CD Paris, creating parallel validity and infringement proceedings inside the UPC and further escalating the parties’ broader global SEP and licensing dispute.
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Next transatlantic long-arm fight: SAP wants Mannheim court to clear it of U.S. trade secret misappropriation claims brought by Celonis
Another layer of complexity in a high-stakes cross-jurisdictional competition, patent, and trade secrets dispute with cases pending in different U.S. and European courts (plus, regulatory investigations). This is sort of a “reverse Onesta” play.
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CAT opens new fronts in Doosan dispute with USITC, District of Delaware complaints
The latest filings come in response to Doosan Bobcat’s previous infringement actions in the U.S. and Europe.
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Federal Circuit affirms district judge’s overruling of $469M jury verdict against DISH Network
ClearPlay sued DISH Network over its TV ad-skipping feature back in 2014, alleging infringement of two patents.
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Power provider AES and partner Fluence targeted by non-practicing entity over patents relevant to clean energy distribution, storage
GridScale Solutions LLC has sued the two companies in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Milan Local Division grants Pirelli twin UPC wins, clarifies burden-shifting and claim construction in tire patent disputes
The Milan LD finds literal infringement of two Pirelli tyre patents, rejects a revocation counterclaim, and grants pan-UPC injunctions against two Chinese tire manufacturers.
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Latest amendment to Tokyo District Court’s SEP rules: global license requirement compared to latest UPC, UK, German, Brazilian approaches
The Tokyo court’s SEPJM approach is not what WIPO- pr PMAC-style mediation. But in ZTE v. Samsung, Western courts proposed settlement terms. Read our comparative analysis (premium) and general comments on reasonable discourse (free).
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Ibex sues Disney and Snap in Brazil as streaming patent disputes escalate
Ibex has launched separate patent actions in Brazil against Disney and Snap relating to video technologies, adding to growing litigation pressure on video streamers across multiple jurisdictions.
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Brazilian court lifts ZTE’s 5G injunction against Samsung as expert rejects infringement and essentiality claims
A Rio de Janeiro court revoked ZTE’s 5G injunction against Samsung after a court-appointed expert concluded that the asserted patent is neither infringed nor essential to the 5G NR standard.
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Geely takes Avanci license: combination of three near-simultaneous events leaves no room for reasonable doubt
Statistically, the near-simultaneous settlement of cases involving more than one licensor of a given patent pool means a pool license has been taken in all likelihood..