Category: Patent Litigation
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Federal Circuit analysis would create “substantial disincentive” to generic entry, USDOJ tells Supreme Court in Hikma v. Amarin
The key arguments centred on whether it was plausible that Hikma’s marketing amounted to inducement to infringe.
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Belgian SME keeps Dutch at UPC Brussels LD as CFI president rejects Esko’s bid to switch case to English
The President of the UPC Court of First Instance has refused Esko Software’s push for English, keeping a Brussels patent fight in Dutch.
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First U.S. SEP injunction since 2007 now unlikely: Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference gets canceled on short notice
On Tuesday, Judge Gilstrap first modified the time of a Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference, and later in the day canceled it altogether. Some interesting motions are now unlikely ever to be adjudicated.
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Merz wins UPC appeal as CoA overturns Paris LD denial and grants PI against Viatris generic in France
The UPC CoA has reversed the Paris LD’s refusal of interim relief and granted Merz a preliminary injunction against Viatris Santé’s fampridine generic in France.
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Pfizer settles with three Vyndamax generic challengers mid-trial, extends exclusivity, presumably through pay-for-delay
Pfizer has quickly reached a settlement with Cipla, Hikma, and Dexcel during a five-day bench trial in Delaware, ending the dispute and extending its effective monopoly.
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BREAKING: Huawei has 5G patent license deal with Tesla — inadvertent disclosure by InterDigital counsel at UK Supreme Court hearing
InterDigital’s barrister has just uniquely identified the previously unknown Avanci 5G licensor who has a direct license deal in place with Tesla as “the single biggest licensor”.
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LG TV case: Federal Circuit OKs mix of standard-related and standard-unrelated infringement theories for same patent claims
“Mixed” patent claims will be at issue sooner or later outside of the U.S., too.
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SEP holders can deprive Tesla’s pursuit of judicial FRAND rate-setting for patent pools of any basis if they want
Tesla’s pursuit of a UK judicial determination on the FRAND rate for a patent pool hangs by a thread: it depends on SEP holders’ positions in licensing and litigation.
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China is “back” in SEP enforcement: CNIPA’s 2026 Working Scheme channels SEP disputes into administrative proceedings
The proceedings are a type of “Chinese featured ITC” venue offering three-month injunctions.