Category: Patent Litigation
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UK court order following Amazon v. InterDigital antisuit hearing just serves as summary of status quo; big elephant remains in room
It was already clear during the recent Amazon v. InterDigital hearing in London that the UK antisuit injunction would remain in place.
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Some direct patent infringement “acceptable price” for expediting competition: U.S. Solicitor General urges Supreme Court to review skinny labeling and generic drug access
United States Solicitor General D. John Sauer has filed a petition urging the Supreme Court to intervene in a long-running drug patent infringement case in which he alleges the Federal Circuit failed to apply the “skinny labelling” (section viii) pathway, which allows the entry of generics that carve out patented uses but otherwise duplicate the…
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Sun Patent Trust’s UPC action may dissuade automaker Geely from peacemeal resolution; Bardehle becomes first law firm to be on both sides of Avanci
It is unclear why Geely is betting on licensing strategies that Volkswagen and Mercedes previously abandoned.
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Optical fibre cable maker’s invalidation claims were “valiant” but “fell flat”, EWHC rules in Fujikura v. Sterlite patent infringement decision
The High Court of Justice for England & Wales has ruled that a patent asserted by Japanese electrical equipment manufacturer Fujikura is valid and has been infringed by a range of Indian rival Sterlite’s fiber optic cables.
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Halozyme wins Munich PI against Merck’s Keytruda SC (subcutaneous immunotherapy); meanwhile, litigators await appointment of Judge Werner’s successor
On Thursday, Halozyme obtained a preliminary injunction against Merck’s Keytruda SC.
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Netflix now has exclusive merger talks with Warner Bros. Discovery despite Trump-aligned Paramount having raised antitrust concerns
Given the current wave of patent enforcement actions against video streamers, including Nokia v. Warner Bros. Discovery, we exceptionally share some thoughts on a proposed streaming merger with upstream implications for the video patent licensing market.
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InterDigital’s jurisdictional challenge to Amazon’s UK claims heard by skeptical judge; Amazon rejects LJ Arnold’s arbitration idea
The hurdle to get standalone FRAND claims in the UK dismissed for jurisdicitonal reasons appears to remain very high, if not insurmountable.
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Delhi High Court allows Dr. Reddy’s to enter Indian semaglutide market in March 2026, dismisses Novo Nordisk appeal
In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court has ruled that Novo Nordisk failed to prove why it should be granted an interim injunction against Dr. Reddy’s, but has ordered the latter not to proceed with sales in Indian until the patent-in-suit expires on March 20, 2026.
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Infineon handed preliminary win in ITC patent infringement dispute against Innoscience
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a final initial determination finding that one of two gallium nitride patents that Infineon asserted against Chinese rival Innoscience has been infringed.
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USPTO upholds core Proxense patent in Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Google invalidation cases
Biometrics firm Proxense has bagged a key win in ongoing big tech patent litigation, after the United States Patent & Trademark Office upheld a key patent following a review requested by Samsung.