Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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Bill pending in Brazil’s Senate would add anti-interference (including anti-interim-license) provisions to patent law: draconian sanctions
Brazil is now the first country with a pending legislative proposal to penalize those seeking antisuit injunctions and interim licenses.
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Fighting left-handed, UPC risks knock-out blows from foreign courts: CoA rejects interference, but may stop short of effective protection
The UPC CoA’s general stance on pushing back against foreign interference is strong and positive. But it may not be enough against jurisdictions that act (and interpret) aggressively and flexibly.
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UPC Court of Appeal says interference through UK interim licenses will not be tolerated: Amazon on losing track against InterDigital, but limited scope
The UPC CoA is inclined to throw out Amazon’s appeal against InterDigital’s anti-interference injunction and is sending out a strong message to judicial imperialists in the UK. The UPC is fully prepared to defend its jurisdiction.
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After the platform peak: Alibaba’s patent map points to the cloud-native AI buildout
Alibaba’s patent map is becoming less about the platform it built first, and more about the infrastructure it is positioning for AI-driven growth, cloud expansion, and the next layer of digital services.
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UPC’s Lisbon LD rejects Ericsson’s attempt to render Transsion SEP suit “devoid of purpose”
The UPC’s Lisbon LD has rejected Ericsson’s attempt to strike out Transsion’s SEP injunction claims under Rules 360 and 361 RoP, holding that the existence of parallel FRAND proceedings in The Hague does not render the Lisbon action “devoid of purpose” or make the claims manifestly bound to fail.
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Latest amendment to Tokyo District Court’s SEP rules: global license requirement compared to latest UPC, UK, German, Brazilian approaches
The Tokyo court’s SEPJM approach is not what WIPO- pr PMAC-style mediation. But in ZTE v. Samsung, Western courts proposed settlement terms. Read our comparative analysis (premium) and general comments on reasonable discourse (free).
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Eyeing the AI data center boom, Via Licensing Alliance unveils new NAND pool, issues call for patents
Via has announced a new semiconductor-related licensing program, this time for NAND memory technology.
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Ibex sues Disney and Snap in Brazil as streaming patent disputes escalate
Ibex has launched separate patent actions in Brazil against Disney and Snap relating to video technologies, adding to growing litigation pressure on video streamers across multiple jurisdictions.
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Podcast: interview with Dr. Peter Georg Picht, SEP and competition law expert
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Dr. Peter Georg Picht, an IP and competition law professor at Zurich University, and a fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
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BREAKING: Nokia and Geely settled cellular SEP dispute; unknown if pool or bilateral license
A trial (with the possibility of a subsequent bench ruling) was scheduled for today, but canceled on short notice.