Category: Patent Litigation
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Navitas sues Renesas in U.S. district court for infringing gallium nitride patents in response to Japanese company’s trade secret claims
The gallium nitride patent wars gather pace as Navitas files suit in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaign
Headwater LLC has enforced three of its mobile network technology-related patents against Amazon and Oracle’s cloud-computing businesses in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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U.S. district court patent infringement cases peaked in 2025: 10-year high followed by pullback in 2026, LexisNexis report reveals
The report, published yesterday, also confirmed that accused infringers are switching from inter partes review petitions (which fell 8%) to post-grant review petitions (which increased to 88%, their highest level since 2021) to challenge patent validity.
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Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe IBEX patent but rules it non-essential, sidesteps FRAND question
A Rio de Janeiro court expert concluded Disney’s encoders infringe an IBEX video patent tied to Access Advance’s VDP campaign, but found the patent covers encoding rather than decoding, so it falls outside HEVC’s essential patent scope and, with it, any FRAND fight.
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Pantech settles wave of 4G SEP disputes in ITC, Eastern District of Texas
China’s TCL, OnePlus (an Oppo affiliate), and Tinno have successfully settled their 4G SEP litigation with Pantech, while the fifth defendant – HMD – remains pending.
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10x Genomics accused of infringing sequencing patents by Caltech and exclusive licensee
10x is no stranger to enforcing its own sequencing patents, but Spatial Genomics’ District of Delaware complaint sees it on the receiving end of an infringement claim.
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Netlist, Samsung settle multi-venue patent dispute, sign five-year memory patent cross-licensing deal
Samsung will purchase 10 million shares of Netlist common stock as part of the new strategic alliance, which will also see Netlist earn $750 million in net license fees over the five-year period.
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Disney switches 4K UHD back on in Germany, but concern over VP9 SEPs lingers
Disney+ has found a workaround allowing it to reintroduce 4K Ultra High Definition features in certain devices following a second InterDigital injunction, but the solution does not address a specific High Dynamic Range quality feature, and would leave it exposed if it faced actions over other multimedia technologies that InterDigital owns.
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Federal Circuit restates eBay’s end to presumption of irreparable harm, as it vacates preliminary injunction over means-plus-function claim
Socket Solutions had obtained the injunction in district court; but that court’s claim construction was rejected on appeal.
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UPC keeps Merz infringement case despite earlier French filing
The UPC’s Paris LD rejected Viatris’ attempt to halt Merz’s infringement action in favor of parallel proceedings before a French national court. The ruling clarifies when earlier national proceedings prevent the UPC from continuing with an infringement action.