Category: Patent Litigation
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Dolby doubles down on Snap: third Brazil complaint and amended U.S. pleadings add more HEVC patents
Dolby filed a third patent complaint in Brazil against Snap and amended its Delaware case, adding more HEVC patents. Snap still has not taken a license.
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UPCâs Hague LD allows phased âexternal eyes onlyâ regime in Ericsson v. Transsion FRAND dispute
The Hague LD has allowed Ericsson to keep its comparable license agreements away from Transsion’s in-house employees for now, adopting a phased confidentiality approach that could become influential in future SEP and FRAND disputes before the UPC.
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Apple wins summary judgment of invalidity over Neonode patent relating to 2010s “slide-to-unlock” dispute with Samsung
The Neonode Smartphone patent has survived PTAB challenges and Federal Circuit appeals brought by Google and Samsung.
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Federal Patent Court revokes second Nera patent in Xiaomi dispute; all three infringement actions have now failed at first instance
The Federal Patent Court has revoked Nera Innovations’ EP2947606, the second of three patents asserted against Xiaomi to fall at first instance. Nera must now win on appeal to achieve anything.
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Apple hit with Central District of California complaint over video call patents linked to Intellectual Discovery
Apple has been targeted with other patents connected to the South Korean NPE in recent months.
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Hisense targeted by Fortress-backed NPE asserting former TCL China Star patents in Eastern District of Texas
Debate has grown around the “anti-NPE” LOT Network recently; TCL’s withdrawal last year suggests the company is seeking more flexibility with regards to its patent strategy.
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Think twice before filing in the UPC if you foresee a private-prior-use defense under German law: further Fujifilm v. Kodak analysis
There are opportunities in the UPC, but sometimes there can be a downside. The CoA’s Fujifilm v. Kodak decision lays out a permissive approach to (German) prior use in evidentiary, substantive, and procedural terms.
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NPEs seeking U.S. patent injunctions won’t benefit from Judge Gilstrap’s clearly erroneous finding of irreparable harm in Collision v. Samsung
Some defense-focused patent litigators warn against the potential fallout from Judge Gilstrap’s Collision v. Samsung decision while enforcement-oriented lawyers see opportunities for NPEs. But the part that gets everyone excited is clear legal error.
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UPC grants Samsung two-week extension to comment on court’s proposal for settlement with ZTE, Samsung risks unwillingness finding
Samsung’s request for an extension of time by a full month appeared unreasonable (if not outrageous) to the UPC’s Mannheim LD.
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Samsung argues non-infringement or breach of (F)RAND obligations in latest Netlist bout
The Korean company’s District of Delaware complaint follows its targeting in a Netlist infringement action filed on the same day that the patent-in-suit was issued.