Category: Patent Litigation
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Part-win for Philips in Delaware 3G patent fight: Quectel infringes one of four asserted patents
A jury in the District of Delaware has said that Quectelâs cellular communication modules infringe only one of two remaining asserted patents from an enforcement campaign Philips started in December 2020. Quectel must pay over $3 million in damages to Philips, the jury has also found.
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Shoals wins $96M North Carolina jury verdict for infringement of solar patents subject to prosecution bar stipulation
In a related case before the USITC, the parties had stipulated to a bar on Shoals’ ITC counsel prosecuting new patent applications.
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Sun Patent Trust strikes settlement with vivo: UPC action withdrawn
This dispute involved the question of whether a SEP holder can bring a proactive FRAND determination claim and seek a UK-style injunction in the UPC. It won’t be answered in these proceedings.
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BREAKING: Celerity loses Texas trial against U.S. carriers over three patents: win for Nokia, Ericsson
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile successfully defended themselves, with help from intervenors Nokia and Ericsson, against three Celerity patents.
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Lupin granted win against Vertex in Delaware over cystic fibrosis drug patents
Lupinâs generic version of Vertexâs cystic fibrosis treatment Kalydeco does not infringe the latterâs patents, Judge Stephanos Bibas of the Third Circuit has ruled.
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UPC Hamburg finds HMD unwilling after rejecting pool route for bilateral licensing
The UPCâs Hamburg Local Division held that a FRAND-compliant pool offer can satisfy a SEP holderâs obligations under Huawei v. ZTE, while setting conditions for when an implementer may insist on bilateral licensing.
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Guardant Health ordered to pay TwinStrand Biosciences and University of Washington $245M in Delaware dispute over DNA sequencing patents
The co-plaintiffs were originally awarded $83.4 million by a District of Delaware jury in November 2023.
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InterDigital expands UPC litigation against Disney, says VP9 workaround still infringes its patents
InterDigital has filed new claims at the UPC targeting Disneyâs use of VP9 for 4K streaming, arguing the codec still infringes its patents despite seven injunctions already won worldwide.
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Opinion: Access Advance’s view on the UK Supreme Court’s Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci decisionÂ
The UK Supreme Courtâs decision in Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci recognizes, as have courts around the world, that patent pools which are procompetitive are efficient, market-driven mechanisms that drive rapid and widespread adoption of standardized technology, enabling better consumer experience while ensuring interoperability. Indeed, that widely accepted truth is an important driver of the UK Supreme Courtâs…
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FTC urges Fourth Circuit to reject Amgen plea to shield Roche patent acquisition: deal âthreatens to upendâ long-settled antitrust framework
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed an amicus brief in an antitrust case between CareFirst and Amgen, urging the Fourth Circuit to reject Amgenâs bid to shield its acquisition of pending patent applications from antitrust scrutiny, as such procurements violate the Sherman Act and are not immunized by the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.