Category: Patent Litigation
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Even the summer doesn’t slow down the Unified Patent Court: judges deserve respect for their enormous dedication
It’s peak summer vacation season and the UPC keeps delivering.
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Lenovo wants Federal Circuit to make antisuit ruling that would expose U.S. to WTO complaint over interference with foreign IP
At today’s Federal Circuit hearing, Lenovo advocated a highly permissive standard for U.S. antisuit injunctions concerning foreign SEP enforcement.
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UPC tosses Lenovo’s SEP injunction bids against Ericsson: undue delay, “clear-cut case” — and it has to do with LatAm PIs
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division has denied parallel requests by Lenovo’s Motorola Mobility to amend its complaints against Ericsson for the purpose of pursuing injunctive relief.
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European Commission court filing completely disagrees with Sisvel v. Haier: German SEP case law is irreconcilable with EU law
In an amicus curiae brief filed in an appeal by HMD of a Munich judgment in favor of VoiceAge EVS, the European Commission completely rejects (without mentioning it by name) the Sisvel v. Haier decision by Germrany’s Federal Court of Justice.
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Amazon countersues Nokia, asserting AWS patents against CloudBand in Delaware
Amazon is countersuing Nokia, asserting cloud computing patents against Nokia’s CloudBand offering. Nokia previously sued Amazon over video codec patents.
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Mr Justice Meade’s letter to UPC, German judges regarding upcoming FRAND determination in Panasonic v. Xiaomi & OPPO
Two weeks after ip fray reported on Mr Justice Meade’s plan to write a letter to his colleagues on the UPC and two German national courts regarding his upcoming FRAND determinatoin, the actual letter has become available.
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UPC rulings: Abbott destroys Dexcom patent (Munich LD), Amycel wins preliminary injunction against Polish farmer (The Hague)
Two different Local Divisions of the UPC handed down decisions today, one in favor of a defendant and the other in favor of a plaintiff who sought a preliminary injunction.
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UPC roundup: CoA on late equivalence, expediting PI appeals; first-instance decisions on service of process, public access
This is a roundup on multiple UPC decisions published these days, on a variety of issues ranging from service of process to late-presented equivalence theories.