Category: Patents
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Member of European Parliament says EU SEP Regulation is stuck in Council, could be for ten years
Spanish MEP Adrián Vázquez Lázara, speaking at a Euractiv panel discussion, said the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents is not moving forward at the EU Council.
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ITC judge rejects Lenovo’s most important defense against Ericsson: 2011 license agreement doesn’t cover current Motorola phones
Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot has rejected Lenovo’s license-based defense according to which its Motorola devices were allegedly still covered by a 2011 license agreement.
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ITC staff: HEVC SEPs are not FRAND-encumbered like cellular ones; Ericsson merely had to negotiate with Lenovo
The Office of Unfair Import Investigations of the United States International Trade Commission has taken a fairly permissive position on the enforcement of video codec SEPs.
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LG is now also licensee (previously already licensor) of Avanci’s EV charger pool: industry first in cellular SEP licensing
Avanci’s EV Charger program announced the addition of two licensees, EvoCharge and LG. The latter is already a licensor.
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Right-sizing judicial FRAND determinations: one patent at a time? one country? worldwide? or even pools?
Courts can set FRAND rates, and they can form on opinion on whether a given party’s conduct was FRAND, but there are (and must be) important limitations. Litigation isn’t negotiation.
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Panasonic-OPPO settlement NOT FINALIZED: new UPC order shows Panasonic wanted FRAND injunction though OPPO sought stay
Context: Yesterday, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Mannheim Local Division (LD) surprisingly entered an injunction in Panasonic v. OPPO (for a detailed analysis of the FRAND part of the decision, see this November 22, 2024 ip fray article), a standard-essential patent (SEP) case that had seemingly ceased to be (October 25, 2024 ip fray article)….
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Despite settlement, Mannheim LD grants first-ever UPC FRAND injunction in Panasonic v. OPPO, disagrees with European Commission
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division has decided a Panasonic v. OPPO SEP case despite the fact that the dispute has actually been settled. The judgment raises various questions.
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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.