Category: Patent Litigation
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Redacted judgment shows Huawei overcomplied with its FRAND licensing obligation in (settled) Amazon dispute
Context: In December it became known that the Munich I Regional Court entered a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent (SEP) injunction against Amazon at the end of a trial (December 26, 2023 ip fray article). The written decision was provided in February, and the dispute was settled, through a global patent license agreement, shortly thereafter (March…
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EU Commission rediscovers “importance of standard essential patents” as “major area of intellectual property protection”
At a recent WTO hearing relating to the European Commission’s trade complaint over Chinese antisuit injunctions, the EC took positions on standard-essential patents that noticeably diverge from its arguments for the proposed SEP Regulation.
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Nokia asserting 5 patents against Verifone: 3 in Munich, 2 in Mannheim, leveraging the ‘103 serial winner
Context: Nokia has filed standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement against payment terminal provider Verifone (previous ip fray article). What’s new: This is a follow-up to the previous article as the patents-in-suit have become known. Direct impact: Verifone is unlikely to avoid being held to infringe: two of the patents-in-suit have previously won Nokia injunctions in Germany…
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Nokia files 4G/5G patent infringement actions against payment terminal maker Verifone in UPC, Germany
Fresh off the heels from the license deals that settled Nokia’s long-running disputes with OPPO and vivo, a major payment terminal maker that appears to be an unwilling licensee after several years of negotiations has now been sued. Of the last 250+ license deals that Nokia concluded, less than 3% required enforcement action.
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If you recently bought an Apple Watch in the U.S., you’ll likely get pulse oximetry for free, provided that Apple’s appeal succeeds
Apple can install all Watch models into the U.S. market and sell them there because Masimo’s import ban over a pulse oximetry
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Ericsson opposes Lenovo’s motion to expedite antisuit appeal, notes Lenovo has not even signed NDA in two years
Ericsson tells the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that Lenovo’s appeal of the denial of an antisuit injunction is neither urgent nor meritorious.
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Lenovo’s antisuit motion against Ericsson fails as court adopts Judge Gilstrap’s Ericsson v. Apple logic
Judge Terrence Boyle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has denied Lenovo’s antisuit motion as the U.S. case won’t force either party into a license agreement, thus isn’t dispositive of foreign infringement actions.
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Lenovo files with UPC, seeks UK preliminary injunction to stop Ericsson’s ongoing SEP enforcement in Latin America
Lenovo has informed a U.S. court (which still hasn’t decided on its motion for an antisuit injunction) of new filings with the UPC and a preliminary injunction request in the UK.
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Nokia and vivo settle 5G patent dispute with cross-license shortly after Nokia-OPPO deal
Just before Chinese New Year, Nokia and vivo have announced a multi-year 5G patent cross-license agreement. In terms of volume, vivo is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world.
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Netgear brings politically charged U.S. complaint against Huawei: antitrust and racketeering allegations
Netgear has brought a U.S. antitrust and racketeering complaint that is at odds with the fact that Huawei’s inbound and outbound licensing revenues are at a level.