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Acer, ASUS want “stay of stay” against Nokia in UK; appeals court clarifies arbitration scope, but accepts wiggle room for arbitrators
Acer and ASUS have proven to be leave-no-stone-unturned types of defendants to Nokia’s video patent assertions.
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Delhi High Court overturns Philipsâ DVD SEP win, finds âinsufficient evidenceâ of essentiality or infringement, narrows royalty base
The Delhi High Court appellate bench has reversed Philips’s landmark DVD SEP win, finding no proof of essentiality, infringement, or FRAND rates. The exhaustion defense saves the defendant.
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SEP strategies: Disney demonstrates why (F)RAND does not and cannot work for video streamers the way it does for display devices
For a long time, SEP enforcement against video streamers was pretty much non-existent. Now that there is a first major wave of such lawsuits and various injunctions have come down, fundamental enforcement-related differences become clear.
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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 UPCâs 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 Samsungâs 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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Huaweiâs strategic planning head Emil Zhang on upping pool participation in âcriticalâ verticals
Huawei believes patent pools, such as Sisvelâs point-of-sale patent programme, will fix all the legal uncertainty in critical, fragmented technology verticals, the companyâs Head of Strategic Planning & Key Projects Department told ip fray in an exclusive interview.