Category: Patent Litigation
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Supercomputer firm ParTec seeks discretionary denial of Microsoft’s PTAB IPR petition under Acting USPTO Director’s new bifurcated framework
A dispute over the architecture of server clusters used for AI could give rise to one of the first high-profile discretionary denials under Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart’s new rules.
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MediaTek bets on UK judicial overreach with early 2026 FRAND trial in Huawei dispute, gets slapped with Brazilian injunctions
Context: The standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing dispute between Huawei and MediaTek is getting more attention now, in no small part due to Huawei having recently filed two Unified Patent Court (UPC) complaints (April 11, 2025 ip fray article). Previously, MediaTek brought a case against Huawei in the UK, with a throw-in-the-kitchen-sink range of claims from…
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Via LA licensors M&K, Gensquare LLC, Tagivan II suing Microsoft over HEVC SEPs in Dusseldorf: court confirms details
The licensors are enforcing seven standard-essential patents that Microsoft has used in some of its most popular products, including Windows 10, Windows 11, its Surface tablets, and its Xbox consoles, they allege.
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ASUS, Innovative Sonic suing OPPO in Munich; both plaintiffs use same licensing agent (Celerity IP), are also suing Xiaomi
ASUSTeK and Innovative Sonic Corporation are both represented by the same licensing agent, Celerity IP, and suing OPPO and its OnePlus affiliate now.
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UPC Munich LD declares problem-solution approach canonical in order to align UPC, EPO case law: second injunction in Edwards v. Meril
Context: Last summer, the Paris seat of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Central Division (CD) upheld an Edwards Lifesciences prosthetic heart valve patent, EP EP3646825 (“A system comprising a prosthetic valve and a delivery catheter”) (July 20, 2024 ip fray article). A few months later, the Munich Local Division (LD) enjoined Meril over EP’825 (November 15,…
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GSK and Pfizer settle global RSV vaccine patent dispute
The companies announced yesterday that their litigation in the U.S., UK and Unified Patent Court has come to an end, although their dispute over COVID-19 vaccine patent infringement is still pending.
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BREAKING: Ericsson, Lenovo settle multijurisdictional patent dispute with cross-license agreement, will arbitrate details
Ericsson and Lenovo have settled all pending litigation. To some extent they have agreed on the terms and the remaining details will be resolved through arbitration.
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Heat turns up on automaker BYD as IP Bridge seeks Germany-wide patent injunctions
IP Bridge is now pursuing injunctive relief against automaker BYD in two patent lawsuits in Munich.
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Fujifilm wins UPC injunction against Kodak, loses second case because patent invalid; decision to follow soon on UK part of winning patent
Context: After the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision in BSH Hausgeräte v. Electrolux (February 25, 2025 ip fray article), the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has long-arm jurisdiction over non-UPCland parts of European bundle patents, as the Paris Local Division (LD) has already clarified (see item 1 of of our March 22, 2025 UPC Roundup).…