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UPC’s Court of Appeal opens door to more cases: opt-out can be withdrawn even if pre-UPC national lawsuit over same patent is still pending
The Unifed Patent Court’s Court of Appeal has now invited patent holders to withdraw opt-outs and sue in the UPC even if they brought litigation in national courts prior to the start of the UPC.
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ip fray’s transition to 80% premium / 20% free content: how it will work (and when)
Starting sometime in December, a registration will be required to access most new content, but it will initially be free. Later, a paid subscription will be required.
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SEPtacular week also sees three major video patent license deals settling disputes: Nokia-HP, Access Advance with HP and TCL
After several other SEP settlements since the end of last week, three major video-related license agreements became known yesterday and resolved pending infringement disputes.
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Toyota joins Avanci 5G: one of the highest-volume automakers and now a 5G SEP holder in its own right
With Toyota, Avanci’s 5G licensing program has signed up one of the world’s highest-volume car makers in the world. Toyota recently acquired some SEPs of its own.
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BREAKING: Nokia wins Germany-wide standard-essential patent injunction against Amazon video streaming devices like Fire TV Stick
The Munich I Regional court deems EP2375749 standard-essential and rejected Amazon’s FRAND defense, granting Nokia a Germany-wide injunction against devices that decode video streams, such as the Fire TV Stick.
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Interview with UPC Judge Dr. Walter Schober (Vienna LD) on what’s been achieved and what could be improved
One of ip fray‘s objectives regarding the UPC — apart from covering the development of case law (e.g., today’s article on the Meril v. Edwards Lifesciences validity decision) — is to introduce influential, but thus far lesser-known, patent judges to the IP community. On a hot summer day earlier this week ip fray‘s founder had…
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UPC Court of Appeal decides all patent owners are required for valid opt-out, and denies withdrawal of appeal as to select appellees
Context: The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is quickly building a significant body of case law (e.g. May 27, 2024 ip fray article). What’s new: Today the second panel of the UPC’s Court of Appeal published two unrelated decisions. In Neo Wireless v. Toyota, it was clarified that an opt-out of a patent from the UPC…
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EXCLUSIVE: Grand Chamber of European Court of Justice takes patent case — question of cross-border jurisdiction
A patent dispute between rival makers of domestic appliances (Germany’sBosch Siemens Hausgeräte and Sweden’s Electrolux) raises a key question of cross-border patent jurisdiction that the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice will discuss at a May 14 hearing.
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Getting the EU SEP Regulation right — Part 2: EU-wide law because of German rulings?
The initiative for an EU regulation on standard-essential patents would never have been taken if not for a small number of highly debatable rulings by German courts. The new law would not even tackle the specific issues caused by those rulings, and could break the balance struck in other countries.
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First major AI patent settlement (Singular v. Google) and Pokémon Company’s game IP threats over Palworld
This article merely points to two new stories on other fray websites than ip fray: ai fray’s article on the Singular-Google settlement and game fray’s article on the Pokémon Company’s threats over a wildly popular new game named Palworld.