Category: Patents
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InterDigital’s jurisdictional challenge to Amazon’s UK claims heard by skeptical judge; Amazon rejects LJ Arnold’s arbitration idea
The hurdle to get standalone FRAND claims in the UK dismissed for jurisdicitonal reasons appears to remain very high, if not insurmountable.
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Xiaomi to face off with Datang over 4G/5G SEP infringement in Munich in March 2026, successfully invalidates ASC patents in China
The Munich I Regional Court will hear Datang’s SEP infringement suit against Xiaomi on March 11, 2025, while the latter has successfully invalidated three of Advanced Standard Communication LLC’s patents in China.
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BREAKING: Apple-backed ACT | The App Association withdraws ETSI membership application at General Assembly in face of resistance to astroturfing
ip fray called on ETSI members to vote against the application. Apparently ACT saw that it could not win the vote.
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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Last month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG Electronics
Nokia has acquired nearly 300 video patents covering coding and encoding technologies from LG Electronics, according to USPTO assignment records.
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Next UPC CoA landmark ruling: pragmatic on inventive-step standard; focused on when amendments could be presented; tough but fair on remedies (Edwards v. Meril)
Another major UPC appellate ruling came down on Tuesday, and it provides a variety of clarifications of transcendental importance.
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UK judge says injunction wouldn’t affect foreign judges, InterDigital wasn’t restricted from raising arguments in UPC — yet seeks to prevent enforcement of UPC order
Mr Justice Meade and Amazon are still seeking to prevent InterDigital from enforcing a UPC injunction. In some ways there is de-escalation, but the situation remains problematic.
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UPC CoA reverses invalidation of Amgen patent, clarifies standards for added matter and sufficient disclosure; infringement action to resume
In a high-stakes life sciences case, the UPC’s CoA has provided its most far-reaching clarifications on (in)validity to date.
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334-294 majority of European Parliament votes to sue Commission over withdrawal of EU SEP Regulation: 80% of largest political group against
Context: In the summer, the European Commission (EC) finalized the withdrawal of the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents (SEPs) (July 31, 2025 ip fray article). The European Parliament (EP) had overwhelmingly supported the bill, but it was going nowhere in the EU Council. Still, some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were disgruntled enough…