Category: Patents
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5 lessons from InterDigital v. Lenovo UK FRAND appeal for EU SEP Regulation
This week’s InterDigital v. Lenovo FRAND appeal in the UK shows again why the proposed EU SEP Regulation is misguided.
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Panasonic’s SEP enforcement against Xiaomi faces delays in UPC’s Mannheim LD: October trial may be purely technical, no FRAND
The UPC part of Panasonic’s SEP enforcement campaign against Xiaomi has been delayed and may face further delays, particularly with respect to the FRAND defense.
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UK appeals court unlikely to affirm InterDigital-Lenovo FRAND determination: Munich court also rejected it as unreliable
The England & Wales Court of Appeal is hearing the InterDigital-Lenovo cross-appeals this week. It appears unlikely that Mr Justice Mellor’s finding of a $0.175/unit FRAND rate will be affirmed.
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After rushing SEP Regulation through Parliament, rapporteur’s aide joined EUIPO as liaison officer: revolving door
A parliamentary aide with enormous influence over the rapporteur’s views and the procedural schedule joined the EUIPO only two days after the first-reading plenary vote as its new liaison officer for relations with the European Commission.
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Famous patent monetizer Frohwitter’s supercomputer firm files multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over Microsoft’s cloud/AI infrastructure
Susman Godfrey represents supercomputer firm ParTec, run by IPCom founder and former patent litigator Bernhard Frohwitter, in a new cloud computing patent dispute with Microsoft.
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USPTO, UKIPO formalize alliance on standard-essential patent policy, seeking to dissuade EU from regulatory excess — UPDATE: UKIPO denies advocacy objective
The patent offices of the United States and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a memorandum on standard-essential patent policy. One objective is to dissuade the EU from unhelpful regulatory overreach.
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London court heard jurisdictional challenges to Tesla’s pre-emptive 5G SEP strike against InterDigital and Avanci
Tesla’s pre-emptive strike FRAND action in the UK against InterDigital and Avanci may surmount the low hurdle of a jurisdictional challenge, but it should not.
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Delhi High Court says bank guarantee by OPPO is sufficient to protect InterDigital’s interests — no punitive intent
On appeal, the Delhi High Court has determined that OPPO does not have to make a deposit to ensure InterDigital will get paid at the end of the proceedings: a bank guarantee is enough.
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Lenovo loses UK preliminary injunction bid against Ericsson
Mrs Justice Bacon of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales declined to grant Lenovo antisuit relief against Ericsson’s Brazilian and Colombian preliminary injunctions “by the backdoor.”