Category: Patents
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U.S. appeals court revokes Novartis short-term injunction in Entresto patent dispute against MSN
Decision allows MSN to launch its generic version of Entresto into the market, and opens the door for others to follow.
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Regional rate structures for patent pools enable some deals and minimize litigation, but each market has its own characteristics
Some patent pools offer regional rates. Others don’t. All of that may merely be reflective of the market-driven nature of the collective-licensing business.
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Access Advance, Via LA position multimedia patent pools for further growth with price stability offer, regionalization for more standards
Via LA extends the concept of regional rates to HEVC/VVC. Access Advance invites implementers with an offer to secure license fees until 2030 and multi-codec incentive.
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Nokia sues Chinese automaker Geely in UPC, Germany over 5G SEPs
Nokia has signed amicable bilateral deals with two Chinese automakers to date, but Geelyâs rejection of FRAND patent licensing agreement offers has left the company âno choiceâ but to pursue legal action, Nokia said in a statement today.
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Federal judge throws out Roku’s FRAND and non-infringement DJ complaint against Dolby, Sun Patent Trust in Access Advance context
Roku is facing patent infringement lawsuits by Access Advance licensors and tried to attack the pool administrator with a U.S. antitrust case, which has now been thrown out.
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IP people often âhide in their cornerâ: Atos IP head on the importance of visibility in boosting C-suite support, budgets
In this interview, Yann Dietrich discusses how much Atosâs perception of IP has changed since he first joined, how IP is not a âlegalâ question but a âbusiness modelâ question, and the increasing importance of trade secrets.
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Fraunhofer suing HMD in Unified Patent Court over standard-essential audio coding patents
Yet another SEP holder is suing HMD: now it’s Fraunhofer’s turn. Two cases were lodged with the UPC’s Hamburg LD.
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Acer and Longhorn asserting 4G SEPs against truck maker PACCAR and its DAF brand in Texas and Germany
PACCAR, a truck maker with a market capitalization at a level with Ford and GM, lacks cellular standard-essential patent licenses. It has been sued in Munich and Marshall, TX.
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Munich court on SEP royalties: the higher, the better for innovation so long as products don’t disappear; top-down is wrong, Huawei v. ZTE outdated
Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen of the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has authored a SEP guidance document that takes bold and clear positions.
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GAME OVER: UK interim license declarations are useless as Munich court threatens injunctions against pressure on SEP holders
The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has issued guidance that shows ZTE is winning against Samsung and UK interim license declarations are a waste of time and money.