Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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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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Quantum-related patents increased fivefold in past decade, but high barriers to adoption: OECD-EPO report
While the number of international patent family applications has surged fivefold since 2014, 80% of companies in the sector do not have quantum as their main activity, and Europe faces notable challenges in commercializing its technology.
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OPPO fires back at ASUS in China: files first-known VVC SEP suit
OPPO has sued ASUS over the alleged infringement of several of its Versatile Video Coding-related SEPs in the Shanghai IP Court, after the defendant brought its own wireless patent infringement claims in the Munich I Regional Court and UPC.
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Solar panel patent wars continue to heat up in Germany, while CAT faces patent infringement suits in UPC, ITC, Eastern District of Texas
Solar panel manufacturer Maxeon has filed its third patent infringement lawsuit against Aiko Solar over solar technology patents in the Munich I Regional Court, while Caterpillar (CAT) has also been hit with a third suit over the alleged infringement of one of rival Doosan Bobcatās hydraulic patents (following two in the U.S.).
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BREAKING: Access Advance acquires Via Licensing Allianceās HEVC, VVC patent pools
The pools will initially continue running independently, but the goal is to have one combined program ā to eliminate market fragmentation ā by this time next year, Access Advanceās CEO, Peter Moller, told ip fray.
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Nokia signs bilateral wireless patent licensing agreement with automaker Stellantis, acquires WiFi 7 patents from Huawei
In a blog post today, Nokiaās Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, announced that the company has signed a bilateral patent licensing agreement with Stellantis ā its fourth major WLAN license deal with an automaker this year ā and acquired several of Huaweiās WiFi 7-related patents.
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UPC’s Roche-Menarini preliminary injunction clarifies relationship between independent product and manufacturing method claims
An independent method claim cannot, without more, result in further requirements for the infringement of an independent product claim.
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Optical fibre cable makerās invalidation claims were āvaliantā but āfell flatā, EWHC rules in Fujikura v. Sterlite patent infringement decision
The High Court of Justice for England & Wales has ruled that a patent asserted by Japanese electrical equipment manufacturer Fujikura is valid and has been infringed by a range of Indian rival Sterliteās fiber optic cables.
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Netflix now has exclusive merger talks with Warner Bros. Discovery despite Trump-aligned Paramount having raised antitrust concerns
Given the current wave of patent enforcement actions against video streamers, including Nokia v. Warner Bros. Discovery, we exceptionally share some thoughts on a proposed streaming merger with upstream implications for the video patent licensing market.
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Infineon handed preliminary win in ITC patent infringement dispute against InnoscienceĀ
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a final initial determination finding that one of two gallium nitride patents that Infineon asserted against Chinese rival Innoscience has been infringed.