Category: Patents
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UK court denies Lenovo interim license in Ericsson dispute, partly dissuaded by ITC staff’s FRAND opinion, but doesn’t draw clear line
Lenovo essentially argued that the England & Wales Court of Appeal had opened the interim-license floodgates with its Xiaomi-Panasonic decision, but Mr Justice Richards disagreed.
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Is it a good idea for courts to determine patent pool rates even if a pool has already achieved market acceptance?
Before courts set patent pool rates, it bears reflecting on what that means if a pool’s terms already has been accepted by large parts of the market.
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Interview with Nokia Technologies Acting President Patrik Hammarén: the key is to focus and play to win
In this interview, Patrik Hammarén, the Acting President of Nokia Technologies, explains how he and his team achieved some industry firsts in licensing and says we have not seen the best from Nokia Technologies yet.
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Avanci announces two new German aftermarket licensees, but not the most vocal German would-be licensee: Continental
Context: Avanci regularly announces new licensees, such as ADS-TEC Energy, an electric-vehicle charger maker (October 31, 2024 ip fray article), and new licensors, such as SOLiD (November 11, 2024 LinkedIn post by Avanci). What’s new: Avanci’s Aftermarket program, which launched in early 2023 and covers certain types of devices (monitoring, infotainment and other multi-function products)…
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Philips joins Dolby in Via LA enforcement campaign against BLU Products over AVC/H.264 as Chinese low-cost ODMs lack license
Philips sued BLU Products one day after the latter’s answer to Dolby’s compaint in the same district. Both are Via LA licensors and actually targeting Chinese low-cost ODMs.
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Nokia fends off lawsuit in Eastern District of Texas targeting its network infrastructure: three patents not infringed
Nokia has an active patent licensing program and has to enforce if license agreements cannot be concluded otherwise, but also finds itself on the receiving end of patent assertions.
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ip fray podcast on alternative dispute resolution for standard-essential patents: speakers from WIPO, (formerly) ETSI and Bird&Bird
After the recent flurry of standard-essential patent (SEP) news, which also involved a half-dozen of noteworthy settlements (November 1, 2024 ip fray article), ip fray‘s founder had the opportunity to discuss alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for SEPs with three distinguished guests. In alphabetical order of first name: In approximately 50 minutes, the panel discussed what…
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Here’s all that happened during the SEPtacular seven-day period from October 25 to 31, 2024: in case you lost track or wish to relive it
This is a roundup article summarizing the busiest seven-day period in the history of the standard-essential patent (SEP) ecosystem. ip fray was first to write (on this website and/or on LinkedIn) about almost everyone of those items. Let’s start with two tables of content (hierarchical and chronological) containing clickable links. Hierarchical overview Chronological list Friday…
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Munich appeals court rejects German approach to standard-essential patents, tends to pave way for next ECJ ruling on FRAND
The Munich appeals court rejects a FRAND framework under which practically every implementer of a standard gets enjoined, often over petty behavioral details.