Category: Patent Litigation
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Gallium nitride patent war escalates as Infineon amends U.S. complaint against Innoscience: now asserting four patents, not just one
Infineon has filed an amended complaint against Innoscience in the Northern District of California, now inserting three additional patents besides the original patent-in-suit.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal revives Progress v. AWM & Schnell infringement action deemed untimely by Milan LD after evidence preservation
Through a reserve-and-remand decision, the UPC’s Court of Appeal has breathed new life into a patent infringement action by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG against AWM and Schnell — and has provided clarifications regarding preservation-of-evidence proceedings.
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UPC judges don’t accept “attorneys’ eyes only” designations for confidential information: potential effects on U.S. litigation
Decision after decision, including the two most recently-published orders, the UPC declines to limit access to confidential business or technical information to outside counsel.
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UPC’s Paris CD keeps Edwards Lifesciences patent on prosthetic heart valve alive based on late-filed auxiliary request
The UPC’s Paris Central Division has upheld an Edwards Lifesciences patent in an amended form on a procedural basis that will result in an important clarification by the Court of Appeal.
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To do away with Watch feature ban, Apple leverages Supreme Court’s overruling of Chrevon doctrine: Apple v. ITC & Masimo
Apple’s reply brief in its appeal of the USITC’s Apple Watch ban further to Masimo’s complaint leverages the Supreme Court’s recent Loper Bright ruling that did away with the Chevron doctrine.
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Continental withdraws Delaware lawsuit against Nokia over SEP licensing in auto industry: another one bites the dust
Nokia’s second-quarter report reveals that Continental has withdrawn its U.S. litigation over automotive patent licensing terms and practices.
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UK court to inform UPC, German courts that FRAND determinations in Panasonic v. OPPO & Xiaomi will come down before Christmas
Mr Justice Meade of the England & Wales High Court plans to officially inform his colleagues at the Unified Patent Court and certain German national courts that his FRAND determinations in Panasonic’s disputes with OPPO and Xiaomi will come down before the end of the year.
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German judges and InterDigital effectively lobbying harder for EU SEP Regulation than auto industry and Apple
Despite having lost two rounds of rate-setting litigation in the UK against Lenovo, InterDigital is enforcing a German injunction that is irreconcilable with EU competition law and shows the broken state of German SEP case law.
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Ericsson and OPPO announce license deal while InterDigital unconvincingly attempts to explain away its UK FRAND defeat
Ericsson announces a multi-year license agreement with OPPO, a company against which InterDigital continues to litigate. InterDigital tries to explain away its UK defeat, but the damage is done.
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Lenovo’s major UK win over InterDigital: chart and further analysis
Friday’s UK appellate ruling awards InterDigital a per-unit royalty from Lenovo that amounts to only 45% of what it was seeking.