Category: Patent Litigation
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Amazon brings second UPC appeal against InterDigital in interim-license context; both appeals likely to be heard together on May 28
Amazon is one of the world’s largest corporations and has a huge litigation budget.
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ZTE defeats Samsung again as Brazilian appeals court reinstates 5G injunction, declines to give Samsung “free pass to infringe” and hold out
ZTE’s impressive winning streak continues, and Samsung now has to give serious consideration to a settlement as the noose is tightening.
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UK judge adamant about ensuring that InterDigital’s UPC injunction won’t prevent Amazon from obtaining post-trial FRAND ruling
InterDigital is being pressured not to seek relief in the UPC against a UK global FRAND ruling, and apparently bowing to the pressure. What will the UPC do now?
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Cross-border injunctions “have their place” but can be “big ask”: Sandoz Global Head of IP Julia Pike
There is a place for cross-border injunctions, but in more nuanced cases (such as Regeneron v. Advanz) it’s a “big ask” for one country to take that decision itself on behalf of all those other countries, the company’s Global Head of IP Julia Pike has told ip fray.
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U.S. government consultation: some stakeholders want UK on watch list for interim licenses, others attack UPC and Germany over SEP injunctions
Interjurisdictional tensions are rising due to some countries, particularly the UK, pursuing their imperial FRAND rate-setting dreams.
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Munich court calls UK interim-license declarations “flawed in legitimacy”, deems UK courts incompetent to impose global licenses; finds pool rates far below FRAND
A redacted Nokia v. ASUS ruling showcases the application of the Munich court’s FRAND guidelines and takes a clear position on the illegitimacy of UK interim-license declarations.
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EU Commission officially indicates concern over UPC-UK antisuit conflict; UPC CoA schedules InterDigital-Amazon hearing for May 28
The European Commission’s cordial letter to the Mannheim Local Division’s Presiding Judge encourages the court to share further information.
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UK court prepared to expedite Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount FRAND trials against Nokia to maximum extent — but will it matter?
Mr Justice Meade will take Warner Bros. Discovery’s and Paramount’s FRAND actions against Nokia to trial at the earliest opportunity, hoping to influence outcomes in other courts.
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SAP files pre-emptive strike in cloud patent infringement campaign that targeted Microsoft, now targeting Amazon: Central District of California
SAP has filed a declaratory judgment of non-infringement action of several of software company Corent Technology’s patents in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, after the former enforced said patents against both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The latter settled in December.
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Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP starts FusionLayer patent enforcement with complaint against Infoblox in UPC Hamburg LD
Last spring, Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP completed the acquisition of FusionLayer’s cloud computing, virtual networking and internet protocol address management patent portfolio.