Category: Patents
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Continental blames standard-essential patent holders for its own strategic mistakes and free-riding miscalculation
Automotive supplier Continental has published an op-ed on Politico’s website, advocating the devaluation of standard-essential patents. Continental has no one to blame but itself, though.
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Lenovo files with UPC, seeks UK preliminary injunction to stop Ericsson’s ongoing SEP enforcement in Latin America
Lenovo has informed a U.S. court (which still hasn’t decided on its motion for an antisuit injunction) of new filings with the UPC and a preliminary injunction request in the UK.
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Alternative proposal: EU SEP Regulation could solve any potential SME issues by requiring pool offers to SMEs
In this article, ip fray makes a proposal for addressing any potential issues small and medium-sized companies may face with standard-essential patent enforcement in the EU, without changing the rules for Apple or BMW.
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Nokia’s Lucky Seven: smartphone patent license renewal complete, presumably with Xiaomi deal
Nokia has announced the conclusion of its smartphone patent license renewal cycle, without giving the name of the 7th and latest major licensee. Xiaomi?
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Nokia and vivo settle 5G patent dispute with cross-license shortly after Nokia-OPPO deal
Just before Chinese New Year, Nokia and vivo have announced a multi-year 5G patent cross-license agreement. In terms of volume, vivo is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world.
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No anti-antisuit injunction for Ericsson against Lenovo in Colombia while U.S. court is weighing antisuit motion
Lenovo, in an attempt to remind the court of the pendency of the TRO motion, argued Ericsson was making a renewed push for a Colombian anti-antisuit injunction. But Ericsson merely appealed in a case it lost on the technical merits.
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Next example of Chinese inbound & outbound licensing: ZTE, TCL join Sisvel’s cellular IoT pool
Sisvel’s cellular IoT patent pool just announced the addition of three new licensors. The two Chinese companies among them are also major implementers of SEPs, which once again shows it would be a mistake to look at Chinese companies only as patent holders or exclusively as patent users.
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Transparent overleveraging of transparency argument in EU SEP Regulation context
Those supporting the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents use three buzzwords: IoT, SMEs and transparency. This article discusses only the third one, which is overused and overemphasized.
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Avanci-Zenview announcement on day of Nokia-OPPO settlement shows again: Chinese companies license in, license out
Avanci yesterday announced that Shenzhen-based Zenview has taken a license to its Avanci Broadcast ATSC 3.0 standard-essential patent pool. The same day OPPO reached an agreement with Nokia on a cross-license.