Category: Patent Litigation
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UPC judge indicates global patent license agreements imposed by foreign courts will NOT be recognized as defense to infringement
UK court-imposed global patent licenses will be of no commercial value if the UPC does not recognize them.
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Podcast: interview with SEP litigation veteran Dr. Christof Augenstein on UPC trends and predictions, long-arm jurisdiction powers
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Dr. Augenstein, founding partner of Kather Augenstein.
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The Federal Circuit wants a district court to provide clarity about the scope of a ruling by a judge who has meanwhile been appointed to the Federal Circuit
The circuit judges can’t just knock at the door of their colleague and ask him what he meant a few years ago. They need something formal from the district court.
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UPC officially stays ASUS v. Xiaomi cases based on settlement negotiations; litigation between ASUS and OPPO still in full swing
The UPC lawsuits brought by ASUS and its affiliate Innovative Sonic Corporation have been stayed based on settlement negotiations.
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After Amazon’s pre-emptive UK strike, InterDigital has now launched enforcement actions in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil over video patents
“Amazon is more interested in litigating than negotiating,” InterDigital’s Chief Legal Officer Josh Schmidt said in a statement today, as the company gears up for an anti-interim-license injunction hearing in the UPC this Friday.
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‘Striking’ and ‘extremely rare’: Japanese patent community reacts to USPTO Director Squires Nintendo patent reexamination order
Sources in the Japanese patent community tell ip fray that a USPTO reexamination order over a Nintendo patent signals heightened attention of claims that may overreach into broad gameplay mechanics – although the order will have no impact on Nintendo’s ongoing patent infringement litigation against Pocketpair in Japan.
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Judge appears unconvinced of Samsung’s U.S. FRAND/antitrust complaint against ZTE; Samsung’s counsel hopes for leave to amend
Samsung is pursuing FRAND claims in multiple jurisdictions around the globe, one of which is the U.S., where its complaint is at a high risk of dismissal.
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UPC CoA: translation of specification presumed accurate if it formed basis of EPO examination; court can decide added matter even without written argument
The UPC’s CoA affirmed the Dusseldorf LD’s finding of invalidity over added matter.
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UK Supreme Court will hear Apple’s appeal of Optis’s $700M win with cast of characters familiar from Unwired: roller coaster ride?
Three of the questions for review relate to how UK courts can arrive at a FRAND rate, and one to the implications for parallel cases in foreign jurisdictions.
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USPTO Director Squires orders rare Director-initiated ex parte reexamination of Nintendo patent, indirectly as result of games fray article
An article about the grant of a patent to Nintendo by games fray (one of ip fray’s two sibling sites), was picked up by many games media. It apparently got the USPTO’s attention.