Category: Patents
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First-ever UPC Mannheim anti-antisuit injunction, U.S. court denies PI against Brazilian SEP enforcement: InterDigital v. Disney
This may even be the first anti-antisuit injunction ever to have been granted by a court based in the city of Mannheim, Germany.
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Second UPC lawsuit filed against BYD: will Tesla throw its Chinese competitors under the bus or vice versa?
BYD is coming under ever more pressure from standard-essential patent assertions. Another case has been filed with the UPC’s The Hague Local Division.
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LG Electronics joins Via Licensing Alliance’s Qi wireless charging patent pool as licensor, licensee
LG’s move significantly expands the pool’s share of the Qi wireless charging space, which already previously covered 50% of all declared standard-essential patents.
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ZTE moves for dismissal of Samsung’s California FRAND contract and antitrust action; filing reveals Samsung is seeking interim license in UK
ZTE has responded to Samsung’s SEP-related contract and antitrust complaint in the Northern District of California with a motion to dismiss.
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EXCLUSIVE: SEP enforcement against Chinese car maker BYD reaches Unified Patent Court’s The Hague Local Division
After two SEP enforcement lawsuits against Chinese automaker BYD in Munich, Sol IP added one in Mannheim and is now suing in the UPC’s The Hague Local Division, too.
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Top Chinese court declines to transfer Huawei v. MediaTek SEP cases to Beijing or to separate claims against different defendants
MediaTek unsuccessfully appealed: its jurisdictional challenge to Huawei’s SEP enforcement actions in China has failed definitively.
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TCL, Panasonic expand participation in Via Licensing Alliance ATSC 3.0 patent pool, Korea Electronics Technology Institute brand new member
Via LA today welcomed TCL, already a long-term licensee, as a licensor, after Panasonic and the Korea Electronics Technology Institute also joined the pool as a licensee and licensor, respectively, earlier this month.
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Illumina sues Element Biosciences in Delaware over gene sequencing patents
While this is Illumina’s first official suit against Element Biosciences, the latter has already faced challenges over its gene sequencing technology based on prior art from Illumina’s assets.
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New study: Huawei leads WiFi 7 SEP ownership, Ericsson sole European patentee
A report on WiFi 7 SEP ownership published by GreyB today has found European patentees lag way behind those in Mainland China and the U.S., with Ericsson being the only patentee mentioned from the region.
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UPC Dusseldorf issues first decision on second medical use, hands win to Amgen in cholesterol patent dispute against Sanofi
The Dusseldorf Local Division has clarified how the UPC deals with second medical use in patent infringement proceedings, including considering the extent or significance of the allegedly infringing use, and whether an entity is “positively” or “negatively” influencing a market by encouraging infringement, or preventing a product from being used for patented use.