Category: Technology Fields & Markets
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HP unlikely to defend against Huawei in UPC due to Munich’s intra-district assignment tradition: same WiFi patent defeated Netgear
The UPC’s Munich LD applies a long-standing rule it adopted from the Munich I Regional Court when a patent was previously litigated in the same division.
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Interview with IP dealmaker Arvin Patel (of Nokia, TiVo, Technicolor fame), who just became managing director at Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP
Top-notch IP dealmaker Arvin Patel is now a managing director at Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP.
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UPC enabled Ecovacs’s inspection of Roborock household robots at last week’s IFA Berlin trade show; infringement suit pending
The Dusseldorf LD authorized evidence-gathering, but declined an invitation to allow an unfettered fishing excpedition. It may be the lengthiest operative part of a UPC order to date.
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Samsung, Headwater settle wireless patent dispute
Samsung and Headwater Research have settled a two-year patent infringement dispute.
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Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit Europe returns in 2026: rebranded event features tech industry track, UPC litigation forum
Kisaco Research’s annual Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit Europe will take place from January 19 to January 21 in the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, with ip fray as an official media partner.
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InterDigital’s Brazilian double whammy against Disney: preliminary (but merits-based) injunction over two streaming patents
InterDigital’s merits-based two-patent injunction is harder to get stayed or overturned than most Brazilian patent PIs.
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Nokia appeals UK order to disclose SEP contracts to Acer, ASUS, Hisense lawyers, raising procedural issues
Nokia is asking the England & Wales Court of Appeal for an emergency stay of a disclosure order by Mr Justice Mellor. Nokia raises fundamental procedural issues.
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TP-Link’s UK lawsuit against Huawei appears uneconomical: widely accepted pool option and potential German blowback
TP-Link filed a UK lawsuit against Huawei, but the terms of the Sisvel WiFi 6 pool through which those patents are available have been widely accepted and German courts won’t let UK courts torpedo their cases.
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HMD received AAC license offer from Via more than seven years prior to Fraunhofer’s UPC complaint
A Unified Patent Court order denying an extension of time for HMD’s answer to Fraunhofer’s complaint reveals that Via already made a licensing offer in 2017.
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Acer seeking counterleverage against Nokia through “threat letters” in U.S. despite highly asymmetric SEP portfolios and sales volumes: DJ action
Acer sent “threat letters” to U.S. telecommunications carriers using Nokia equipment, provoking a declaratory judgment complaint.