Category: Patents
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Thursday and Friday (April 18 & 19): LF/IP Dealmakers Forum in London — ip fray’s founder to join panel on SEP trends
It’s a unique dealmaking event for litigation finance in general and IP litigation funding in particular.
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Smart meter giant EDMI takes license from Huawei, previously Avanci, but not Sisvel: patent pools are optional
Huawei and EDMI announced a license agreement today that relates to narrowband IoT standards. EDMI could have licensed the related Huawei patents through a Sisvel pool, but opted for a bilateral agreement, which demonstrates the optionality of patent pools.
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Intense lobbying activity around standard-essential patents breeds hyperbole, made-up issues, contradictions
Emboldened by a recent vote in the European Parliament and other developments, those advocating the interests of implementers of standard-essential patents are vocal. And not every problem they claim to have identified actually exists.
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European Commission asks Munich appeals court to reverse lower court in standard-essential patent case
EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) has asked the Munich Higher Regional Court for permission to appear as an amicus curiae on the defendant’s behalf in a VoiceAge EVS v. HMD case. Different aspects of the EC’s initiative raise serious questions about the agency’s understanding of SEP issues.
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Qualcomm publishes cellular IoT SEP royalties based on module price but also available to device makers
Qualcomm has licensed module makers for more than a decade and is now also offering a direct license to device makers whose module suppliers do not have a license.
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First patent infringement lawsuit over Apple Vision Pro assigned to Texas judge feared by Apple and many others
A few days ago, what is likely the first patent infringement complaint targeting (among others) the Apple new Vision Pro device was filed in the Western District of Texas and assigned to Judge Alan D. Albright.
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Redacted judgment shows Huawei overcomplied with its FRAND licensing obligation in (settled) Amazon dispute
Context: In December it became known that the Munich I Regional Court entered a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent (SEP) injunction against Amazon at the end of a trial (December 26, 2023 ip fray article). The written decision was provided in February, and the dispute was settled, through a global patent license agreement, shortly thereafter (March…
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Getting the EU SEP Regulation right — Part 4: Demystifying IoT, which stands for a wide range of disparate products
Internet of Things products have only one thing in common: connectivity. Other than that, the range covers everything from asset trackers in the form of stickers to airplanes, if not even buildings.
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Nokia asserting 5 patents against Verifone: 3 in Munich, 2 in Mannheim, leveraging the ‘103 serial winner
Context: Nokia has filed standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement against payment terminal provider Verifone (previous ip fray article). What’s new: This is a follow-up to the previous article as the patents-in-suit have become known. Direct impact: Verifone is unlikely to avoid being held to infringe: two of the patents-in-suit have previously won Nokia injunctions in Germany…
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Nokia files 4G/5G patent infringement actions against payment terminal maker Verifone in UPC, Germany
Fresh off the heels from the license deals that settled Nokia’s long-running disputes with OPPO and vivo, a major payment terminal maker that appears to be an unwilling licensee after several years of negotiations has now been sued. Of the last 250+ license deals that Nokia concluded, less than 3% required enforcement action.