Category: Patent Litigation
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Maxell acquires TCL patents following settlement of district court litigation and ITC complaint; initiates new Hisense suit
The Japanese company is also locked in an ongoing dispute with Samsung.
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Apple faces Texas infringement suit over 5G SEPs held by Longhorn IP affiliate
The patents-in-suit were originally owned by a major Asia-Pacific tech company.
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UK court finds Samsung patent asserted against ZTE valid; essentiality was conceded
Samsung has technically prevailed on a 5G patent, though ZTE can appeal the decision. Its last successful SEP assertion was against Apple in 2013 and resulted in a presidential veto.
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Part-win for Philips in Delaware 3G patent fight: Quectel infringes one of four asserted patents
A jury in the District of Delaware has said that Quectel’s cellular communication modules infringe only one of two remaining asserted patents from an enforcement campaign Philips started in December 2020. Quectel must pay over $3 million in damages to Philips, the jury has also found.
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Shoals wins $96M North Carolina jury verdict for infringement of solar patents subject to prosecution bar stipulation
In a related case before the USITC, the parties had stipulated to a bar on Shoals’ ITC counsel prosecuting new patent applications.
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Sun Patent Trust strikes settlement with vivo: UPC action withdrawn
This dispute involved the question of whether a SEP holder can bring a proactive FRAND determination claim and seek a UK-style injunction in the UPC. It won’t be answered in these proceedings.
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BREAKING: Celerity loses Texas trial against U.S. carriers over three patents: win for Nokia, Ericsson
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile successfully defended themselves, with help from intervenors Nokia and Ericsson, against three Celerity patents.
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Lupin granted win against Vertex in Delaware over cystic fibrosis drug patents
Lupin’s generic version of Vertex’s cystic fibrosis treatment Kalydeco does not infringe the latter’s patents, Judge Stephanos Bibas of the Third Circuit has ruled.
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UPC Hamburg finds HMD unwilling after rejecting pool route for bilateral licensing
The UPC’s Hamburg Local Division held that a FRAND-compliant pool offer can satisfy a SEP holder’s obligations under Huawei v. ZTE, while setting conditions for when an implementer may insist on bilateral licensing.
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Guardant Health ordered to pay TwinStrand Biosciences and University of Washington $245M in Delaware dispute over DNA sequencing patents
The co-plaintiffs were originally awarded $83.4 million by a District of Delaware jury in November 2023.