Category: Patent Litigation
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Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Skyworth’s TVs infringe IP Bridge patent, rules it essential to AVC standard
A court-appointed expert yesterday issued a report finding a patent asserted by Japan’s IP Bridge against China’s Skyworth in the Rio de Janeiro State Court is being infringed by the latter’s television sets and receivers, and is essential to the H.264/AVC standard.
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Daiichi Sankyo loses six CNIPA administrative patent-linkage cases over mirogabalin formulation patents
Daiichi Sankyo has now lost six Chinese patent-linkage cases over generic mirogabalin after the CNIPA found two dosage strengths outside three formulation patents. The rulings show the growing importance of CNIPA’s administrative route for resolving patent disputes before generic launch.
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UPC Munich LD grants DivX injunction against Netflix streaming software, departing from EPO Opposition Division’s preliminary view
The Munich LD’s second panel upheld DivX’s patent as granted and enjoined Netflix’s streaming software across 18 UPC countries.
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AST-sold patents on the loose again as Samsung faces Texas DRAM complaint
A number of U.S. lawsuits have been filed in recent months involving patents sold to PAEs under AST’s “catch-and-release” model.
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InterDigital brings damages claim against Disney in Germany, building additional pressure to take license
Multiple injunctions have not yet persuaded Disney to take a video patent license from InterDigital, but the streamer is now facing an increasingly diversified enforcement strategy.
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MediaTek affiliate HFI Innovation sues Snap over video codec patent: fifth infringement case piles onto Snapchat’s growing UPC docket
MediaTek’s HFI Innovation has become the latest licensor to sue Snap over video codec patents at the UPC, joining Dolby, M&K Holdings, and ETRI amid parallel U.S. and Brazilian disputes.
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UPC Munich LD will assess implementer willingness ahead of FRAND license disclosure in InterDigital v. TCL
The UPC’s Munich LD has declined to order InterDigital to disclose comparable license agreements while TCL’s willingness to take a FRAND license remains disputed, potentially allowing the court to resolve the FRAND defense without examining those agreements.
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Brazilian judge grants IBEX merits-based PI against Disney over HEVC patent: threatens Disney+ suspension through app stores, device manufacturers
A Rio de Janeiro judge has found that Disney’s HEVC encoders infringe one of IBEX’s patents and has ordered compliance within 15 days, or it will face a rare order directed at app stores and device makers to suspend Disney+ in Brazil.
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Solar patent wars: GameChange hits back at Nextpower in District of Delaware over solar tracking technology
The battle opens another front in the complex web of patent disputes over solar energy technologies.
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Yangtze Memory urges U.S. district court to lift stay on three-year 3D NAND patent infringement litigation against Micron
Every additional month of delay erodes YMTC’s patents’ commercial value, the company has argued, as it asks the Northern District of California to lift a stay in a patent infringement case YMTC filed almost three years ago.