Category: Patent Litigation
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GlaxoSmithKline sues Pfizer, BioNTech in District of Delaware over mRNA patents allegedly infringed by COVID vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, is suing Pfizer and BioNTech in the District of Delaware, alleging that their COVID-19 vaccines infringe GSK’s mRNA patents.
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UPC Court of Appeal clarifies deadline for PI appeals, exercises discretion in appellant’s favor but may not do so next time
The deadline for an appeal of a preliminary injunction or denial thereof by the court of first instance of the UPC is 15 days, while it is two months for final decisions in main proceedings. The UPC Court of Appeal apparently expects practitioners to be aware of this going forward, period.
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Unprecedented patent claim limitation has UPC perplexed in new judiciary’s first-ever full patent infringement trial
Few judges have heard as many patent infringement actions as Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann, but in the first full UPC infringement trial in history, he encounered a puzzling claim limitation of a kind that even he had not seen before.
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Patent licensing firm’s lawsuits against Apple, Google in UPC, Munich make strange bedfellows among outside counsel
The fiercest rivalry in German patent litigation history results in an apparently unprecedented joint defense alliance.
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Retrial verdict more than doubles damages award to G+ Communications against Samsung over two 5G SEPs: $142M
A jury in the Eastern District of Texas has more than doubled the damages amount originally awarded to G+ Communications in a 5G standard-essential patent case against Samsung to $142 million.
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DivX wins preliminary injunction in Brazil against Hisense/Toshiba over HEVC-related patent
DivX has obtained a Brazilian preliminary injunction against HiSense, its Toshiba subsidiary and local manufacturer and distributor Multi over a HEVC-essential patent.
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Intellectual Ventures sues Tesla over 12 patents in Western District of Texas
Intellectual Ventures is asserting a dozen patents (apparently not standard-essential) against Tesla in its home district. Due to an overlap with a case against Volvo and others, this lawsuit will presumably be assigned to Judge Albright.
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AVM takes license to Huawei’s WiFi 6 standard-essential patents: German WiFi router market leader settles litigation
The leader of the German WiFi router market (70% market share), AVM, has taken a license to Huawei’s WiFi 6 standard-essential patents, ending infringement litigation between the two companies.
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NPE named Kove obtains $525 million jury verdict against Amazon Web Services: three patents found infringed
Chicago-based Kove IO has won in its home court, the Northern District of Illinois, and will now have to weigh its options, such as settling (if possible), obtaining an insurancy policy for part of the verdict or bringing in a litigation funder to guarantee a minimum return for its owners.
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Intense lobbying activity around standard-essential patents breeds hyperbole, made-up issues, contradictions
Emboldened by a recent vote in the European Parliament and other developments, those advocating the interests of implementers of standard-essential patents are vocal. And not every problem they claim to have identified actually exists.