Category: Patent Litigation
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Federal Circuit affirms invalidation of Nielsenâs audience-measurement patent, backs PTABâs âreasonably pertinentâ prior art finding
The Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB ruling invalidating Nielsenâs audience-measurement patent, holding that a facial-expression research paper qualified as âreasonably pertinentâ prior art despite coming from a different research field.
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EWHC hinders Accordâs plans to launch Entresto competing product in Novartis patent dispute
Mr. Justice Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales has held that all of Accordâs âattacksâ on a Novartis Entresto patent have failed, and its own intended competing product would infringe the defendantâs supplementary protection certificate.
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New Munich FRAND guidelines bless Avanci 5G terms: balanced analysis shows why Tesla may not save royalties through UK litigation
The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has just released a comprehensive and updated
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UPC Munich LD flags novel questions on damages law in Edwards v. Meril damages claim, flags novel questions on applicable law and non-infringing substitute profits
At an interim hearing, the Munich LD set Edwardsâ damages claim against Meril at a âŹ15 million value in dispute and previewed how it may rule on two open legal questions.
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Align wins RMB 10M China injunction against Angelalign after UPC setback on related patent, parallel cases in injunction-tested Chinese venues
Align has won an injunction and RMB 10 million (approximately approximately $1.4 million) in damages against Angelalign in China, less than three months after the UPC refused provisional relief on a related European patent. The opposite outcomes add a new twist to their multi-jurisdictional patent fight.
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Chinaâs top court hands U.S. patentee landmark patent damages award
U.S. insecticide producer FMC Agriculture Singapore has been awarded a record of nearly 33 million Chinese yuan ($4.84 million) in patent infringement damages in a decision in which the defendantâs legal representative has also been found jointly liable â a rarity in Chinese IP infringement cases.
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As ink dries on $898M Samsung settlement, Netlist goes after Micron, HPE, Lenovo at ITC, district court
As part of their settlement, Samsung agreed to provide Netlist with information that could assist it in future ITC proceedings against third parties.
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âMarkets pay a premium for the smooth line and discount the stepsâ: tracking patent licensing revenueÂ
In a quarterly report, Jim Harlan, founder of The Standard Strategy (and formerly at InterDigital), tracks a 10-company basket of IP-licensing-centric businesses. His latest report notes that a decline in patent licensing value does not reflect the value itself, but rather the way markets price the âlumpyâ shape of licensing revenue.
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Rio court confirms Via pool offer can satisfy FRAND without bilateral negotiations
A Rio court has held that NECâs Via LA pool offer was sufficient to satisfy FRAND without a separate bilateral offer to HMD, while finding HMDâs failure to substantively engage with the pool terms indicative of hold-out.
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U.S. GLP-1 patent docket grows with raft of new complaints from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk
This could well be the start of a wide-ranging, multi-jurisdictional campaign by Eli Lilly to defend its rights around Mounjaro and Zepbound.