Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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CJEU publishes European Parliament’s suit against European Commission’s decision to withdraw SEP Regulation
The Commission āprematurelyā brought the legislative procedure to an end without legitimate grounds supported by cogent evidence and arguments for doing so, the EP has alleged.
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Make SEPs Great Again: after President’s memo on 6G, USPTO forms SEP Working Group “to renew American leadership in technology standards”
With President Trump’s 6G memo before and the USPTO’s SEP Working Group announcement after Christmas, standards and the related patents get unprecedented political attention.
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UPC threatens Amazon with initial ā¬50M ($59M) fine, “severe consequences”, declares all UK interim licenses unenforceable, suggests EU WTO action against UK
The UPC’s Mannheim LD issued a bombshell order just before Christmas, followed by a Christmas Eve notification to the European Commission that could lead to a WTO complaint.
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BREAKING: Within hours of Brazilian injunction, HEVC Advance lists Hisense as licensee
The Brazilian court gave Hisense only 48 hours to comply. and a preliminary injunction based on a report by a court-appointed expert has teeth.
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Brazilian PIs and bad-faith litigation sanctions hit Hisense; newly discovered European video lawsuits against Hisense, Disney, Rakuten, DAZN
Preliminary injunctions, a fine for bad-faith litigation, multiple new video patent lawsuits in the Unified Patent Court and Munich I Regional Court: the heat is on.
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BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suit in Morocco: Ericsson ramps up 4G, 5G SEP enforcement campaign against Transsion in Indonesia, Colombia, Morocco
Despite offering Transsion arbitration over FRAND-compliant terms, the company continues to ābenefitā from Ericssonās patented technology without a license, and ājustice delayed is justice deniedā, Robert Earle, Ericssonās Vice President, Patent Assertion and Enforcement, said today.
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High Court judge declares Acer, ASUS, Hisense entitled to interim licenses from Nokia despite arbitration offer, but Nokia will appeal
Mr Justice Mellor says he’s aware of Lord Justice Arnold’s preference for arbitration on FRAND terms, but this did not dissuade him from granting Acer, ASUS and Hisense an interim-license declaration.
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Atlas Global suffers another blow to global WiFi 6 SEP enforcement campaign as EPO revokes key patent
The European Patent Office has revoked the last of the WiFi standard-essential patents that Atlas Global asserted against TP-Link in Germany and the Unified Patent Court.
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BREAKING: Chinese FRAND determination in ZTE v. Samsung could come down any day now and set new Chinese speed record
A pretrial hearing in London revealed that a Chinese FRAND determination for a ZTE-Samsung SEP license is imminent.
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Encourage FRAND SEP licensing negotiations through patent pools, intermediaries: The World Bank recommends to low, middle-income nations
The World Bankās first-ever report on standards has issued several recommendations to low and middle-income nations on how they can leverage standard-essential patents to propel their economies, pointing to China and the Republic of Korea as model examples.