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SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP Dealmakers
The need for greater transparency in the value of standards, a debate on the increasing use of AI in patent litigation claims, and geopolitical considerations in IP enforcement were among the highlights of the first and second days of the third annual IP Dealmakers in London this week.
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Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involved
Malikie has filed parallel patent infringement suits against Hyundai and Honda asserting Wi-Fi SEPs and other patents relating to connected-vehicle technologies, while emphasizing lengthy but unsuccessful FRAND licensing discussions prior to litigation.
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Nissan settles patent dispute with Broadcom
Broadcom is still embroiled in litigation with Renault (which is under enormous settlement pressure as an injunction is being enforced) and Hyundai.
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Huawei files MPEG DASH patent infringement suit against RTL Group in UPC’s Mannheim LD, responds to revocation action
Huawei has filed an infringement action against Germany’s leading entertainment company, the RTL Group, in the Unified Patent Court over one of its MPEG DASH-related patents.
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BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against Samsung
In two parallel decisions, the Munich I Regional Court has granted ZTE a German injunction against Samsung and thrown out Samsung’s own SEP countersuit over FRAND.
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Federal Circuit analysis would create “substantial disincentive” to generic entry, USDOJ tells Supreme Court in Hikma v. Amarin
The key arguments centred on whether it was plausible that Hikma’s marketing amounted to inducement to infringe.
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Huawei’s strategic planning head Emil Zhang on upping pool participation in “critical” verticals
Huawei believes patent pools, such as Sisvel’s point-of-sale patent programme, will fix all the legal uncertainty in critical, fragmented technology verticals, the company’s Head of Strategic Planning & Key Projects Department told ip fray in an exclusive interview.
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Breaking FRAND? Samsung pushes back on Wilus’s alleged “bad faith” tactics
As Samsung pushes back against Wilus, a court in Texas is asked to decide whether bad-faith negotiations can remove FRAND limits on SEP remedies.
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Licensor’s breach of patent license agreement: Delaware Supreme Court enhances LG’s win over Intellectual Ventures
A Delaware ruling shows how suing a licensee’s customers can create upstream liability through indemnification—and how licensing structures may limit exposure through liability caps.
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ip fray’s content team is now complete: patent-specialized journalists and lawyers with a passion for writing
In response to last month’s “job ad” article, we received great reactions. We now have a strong interdisciplinary team, which (for no ideological reason) happens to be quite diverse.