Category: Patent Litigation
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BREAKING: Ericsson asserting SEPs against Verifone in UPC Mannheim LD and Hague LD
Verifone was the first SEP implementer to settle a UPC litigation (which Nokia had brought).
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Wilus seeking first U.S. SEP injunction in almost 20 years against ASUS subsidiary Askey’s WiFi routers: irreparable harm to research
The only known SEP injunction ever granted by a U.S. district court (in the Digital Era) was CSIRO v. Buffalo in 2007. By coincidence, it also involved WiFi and the same district court.
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Apple patent adversary Masimo acquired in $9.9B deal
As Masimo awaits the outcome of a United States International Trade Commission investigation into a patent non-infringement decision in its case against Apple, and a parallel appeal against a $634 million damages verdict filed by Apple, the company has agreed to be acquired by Danaher for over $9.9 billion.
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Speakers, agendas now live for IP Dealmakers Europe + LF Dealmakers Europe (London, May 11-13)
The Super Early Bird rate is still available for the 3rd annual IP/LF Dealmakers Forums Europe (IP and litigation finance) for those who register by February 21 (save £500). ip fray is the official media partner.
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BREAKING: Ericsson brings declaratory judgment action against Acer over 4G/5G patents in District of Delaware to protect its customers
As part of its wider dispute with Nokia, Acer threatened and ultimately sued U.S. mobile network operators over 4G/5G patents. But Ericsson sells equipment to the same customers and is now trying to protect them.
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UPC CoA has good news for plaintiffs: infringement is decided without remand after reversing revocation; and lays out criteria for publication remedy
UPC plaintiffs whose case is thrown out in the first instance over validity issues will normally get a decision on infringement by the CoA without a need for a remand.
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Federal Circuit’s incredible multiverse: dead patent claim gets fictionally resurrected to justify part of $40M+ damages award
This is the oddest Federal Circuit ruling in a long time. Most of it is anything but odd, but allowing a patentee to capture the value of invalidated claim elements is remarkable.
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Broadcom suing Deutsche Telekom in Unified Patent Court after settling with Telefónica, winning injunction against Renault
Broadcom has just settled with Spanish (but internationally present) telecommunications carrier Telefónica, won a high-profile injunction against Renault, and is now going after Deutsche Telekom.
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Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examples
After last month’s injunctions, Acer and ASUS may still be holding out (which is meant non-judgmentally here). We received (a) surprising information from a court on Friday and (b) took note of an interesting but little-noticed statement.