Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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JinkoSolar dealt blow in solar panel patent infringement dispute: U.S. district court clarifies standard for suing foreign companies
The Northern District of California has clarified that a patentee must be able to establish an agency relationship, prove a “stream of commerce theory”, or why limited jurisdiction discovery is warranted, to sue a foreign company in the U.S.
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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 Geely’s rejection of FRAND patent licensing agreement offers has left the company “no choice” but to pursue legal action, Nokia said in a statement today.
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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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Transsion facing Brazilian HEVC SEP lawsuits by NEC and JVC, UPC lawsuits by NEC and Sun Patent Trust: all three are Access Advance licensors
NEC is suing Transsion in the UPC and Brazil, Sun Patent Trust only in the UPC and JVC only in Brazil (all of that based on presently known cases).
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Lenovo, Quectel join Avanci 5G as licensors; 225 million vehicles now connected through Avanci Vehicle
Lenovo and Quectel, both major implementers, have signed up to Avanci 5G Vehicle (Lenovo also Avanci 4G) as licensors, bringing the total number of licensors on the program to 60, while Avanci Vehicle has now licensed 225 million connected vehicles.
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Walkie-Talkie maker Voxer sues Amazon, Twitch over video communication patents: previously prevailed over Meta
Voxer previously settled a major patent infringement dispute over similar video communication technologies with Meta in February 2024, after being awarded damages of over $206 million.
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NPE launches WiFi 6 patent enforcement campaign (11 suits): SEPs formerly owned by ZTE, NXP, Marvell asserted against Acer, ASUSTek, LG, HP, Lenovo
Velocity Communication Technologies, LLC, which owns a portfolio of WiFi 6 standard-essential patents formerly owned by ZTE, Marvell Technology and NXP Semiconductors, has filed 11 complaints in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging “malicious” and “deliberate” patent infringement.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal makes it easier to show that enforcement in given non-EU/EEA country is unduly burdensome
Context: Unified Patent Court (UPC) decisions on whether a defendant is entitled to collateral covering litigation expenses turn can be justified based on the plaintiff’s financial strength and/or potential enforcement difficulties. Some decisions by the Court of First Instance (CFI) reflected a limited degree of skepticism regarding the enforceability of fee-shifting orders in foreign jurisdictions,…
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Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: France’s Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPs
Malikie, which bought a substantial part of Blackberry’s non-core patent portfolio in 2023, breached its FRAND obligations when it sued Vantiva for patent infringement, the complainant has alleged.