Category: Patent Litigation
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Nokia won race to Brazilian courthouse against Warner Bros. Discovery by 66 seconds: Rio de Janeiro, not São Paulo, will decide
Warner Bros. Discovery tried to forum-shop in Brazil, as did Hisense before it, but missed its goal by 66 seconds.
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Nokia enforces video streaming patents against Warner Bros. Discovery in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil; overlaps with Paramount cases
WBD’s video streaming business (Max, Discovery+, and related services) has about 126 million global subscribers and generates roughly $2.7–$2.8 billion in quarterly direct-to-consumer revenue.
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BREAKING: ZTE becomes first SEP holder to win UK interim license appeal; ETSI complaint discredited; future UK cases may involve arbitration terms
This outcome is not at all surprising. The England & Wales Court of Appeal wanted to keep clear of jurisdictional supremacy.
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PI spate: Novo Nordisk just obtained 29 injunctions (26 over patent, 3 over UCL) against semaglutide rivals in Germany, served at CPHI fair
Context: What’s new: Novo Nordisk has just obtained, served and enforced a whopping 29 preliminary injunctions (PIs) against (mostly Asian and to a lesser extent European) companies offering the active pharmaceutical ingredient semaglutide and/or pharmaceuticals containing semaglutide at the CPHI fair. The pan-European law firm of Hoyng Rokh Monegier, in collaboration with UK firm Bristows,…
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InterDigital sues Transsion over cellular SEP infringement in UPC, India, Brazil
During the company’s Q3 earnings call yesterday, InterDigital’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Liren Chen, announced that it has sued Chinese smartphone maker Transsion for infringing several cellular standard-essential patents in the Unified Patent Court, the Delhi High Court, and the Regional Business Court of Rio de Janeiro in September.
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Amazon v. InterDigital injunction remains in place after UK hearing — UK court interested in UPC AILI proceedings (Nov. 14 hearing)
In the dispute between Amazon and InterDigital, it turns out that the judges in London and Mannheim both read about certain developments on this website first.
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Eastern District of Munich: Onesta sues BMW in Munich I Regional Court over two U.S. and one European former AMD patents
Onesta has filed an unprecedented action in the Munich I Regional Court, asserting two U.S. patents and one European patent against BMW, pushing for an extension of the practical reach of the so-called “long-arm jurisdiction”.
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U.S. licensing firm Adeia bags key win in Canadian patent infringement dispute against Vidéotron
The Federal Court of Canada has found Vidéotron infringed two of U.S. patent licensing firm Adeia’s four asserted patents, issuing an injunction, but has invalidated the two remaining patents.
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UK appeals court starts to realize Samsung’s interim-license declaration against ZTE lacks objective justification and necessity
Samsung’s counsel was unable to explain to the England & Wales Court of Appeal why his client needed a UK interim license declaration when ZTE already offered one.
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EXCLUSIVE: Meet the billion-dollar AI lawyer with a passion for patent litigation
In an exclusive interview with ip fray, Justin Nelson of Susman Godfrey discussed some of the biggest cases in his career, how Susman Godfrey finds and trains its lawyers, the difference (and cross-overs) between patent and copyright litigation, and how he decides on whether to take up a case or not.