Category: Patent Litigation
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Munich Regional Court Judge Dr. Schoen on incoming new judge, cross-border injunctions, FRAND calculations in Wilus v. ASUS
The incoming Presiding Judge over the 21st Civil Chamber, who will replace Judge Dr. Georg Werner, has been chosen and has a “patent-positive approachâ, Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber told attendees of the 12th annual IP and Competition Forum in Oxford today.
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U.S. judge denies Microsoft motion to postpone ParTec patent trial involving OpenAI supercomputer: showdown in Texas in June, ParTec v. NVIDIA in UPC in February
German supercomputer company ParTec sued Microsoft in the Eastern District of Texas in a first step, and NVIDIA in the Unified Patent Court a little later.
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Acer sues AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon in Eastern District of Texas
The smartphone manufacturer has taken a similar approach to fellow mobile phone maker ASUS, targeting the companiesâ cellular base stations, some of which are equipped by Nokia, but most of which are supplied by Ericsson.
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Bayer Xarelto cases: Denmark becomes interesting patent PI jurisdiction after first Supreme Court clarification of strong validity presumption
The top Danish court also spoke out on the impact of redundant patent claim elements.
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NPE Onesta will not seek anti-antisuit injunction against BMW’s U.S. antisuit injunction barring Munich enforcement of U.S. patents: de-escalation
Non-practicing entity Onesta puts the fate of BMW’s antisuit injunction (which is presently only a TRO) entirely into the hands of the U.S. federal judiciary.
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Warner Bros. Discovery “pulls a Samsung” against Nokia with U.S. FRAND/antitrust claims after similar ones in other venues; also argues exhaustion by Apple, Amazon licenses
in the midst of a major merger battle, Warner Bros. Discovery is pursuing FRAND matters in at least three different venues now.
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Bayer adds to COVID patent wars: sues Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, J&J over mRNA technologyÂ
Bayerâs Monsanto has sued Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson over the alleged infringement of a patent related to gene sequencing technology through their COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Nokia strikes Hisense license deal as TV maker prefers global patent peace over London dead end; Acer, ASUS lose important co-defendant
Unlike Hisense, Acer and ASUS make computers that are also used for recording video. Encoding claims, however, are outside the ITU FRAND scope.
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Contrasting appellate tactics show Amazon feels protected by UK ASI against InterDigital’s Munich AILI, but is scared of UPC sua sponte sanctions
There are two striking differences between Amazon’s UPC and Munich appeals of InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunctions.
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Tesla should learn from Amazon-InterDigital, take an Avanci 5G license: even if its long-shot UKSC appeal succeeded, it wouldn’t help
For cross-jurisdictional reasons, Tesla should give up on its UK case against Avanci and InterDigital, in which it lost the first two rounds.