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BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputes
The Chinese low-cost smartphone maker is the market leader in Africa and sells high volumes of phones in various (mostly emerging) markets.
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Federal Circuit rules Samsung IPR petition valid despite Unified Patents membership, no estoppel
In a precedential decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that while Samsung is a member of Unified Patents, their parallel petitions for inter partes review of a Gesture Technology Partner patent are both valid.
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WIPO announces mediation pledge from major SEP holders to IoT SMEs
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO’s) Arbitration and Mediation Center has today launched an initiative that sees major standard-essential patent (SEP) holders pledge to SMEs selling and manufacturing IoT devices that they will use mediation to resolve impasses in SEP licensing negotiations.
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BREAKING: Dolby wins Western Europe’s first-ever preliminary injunction based on SEP
The Munich I Regional Court has granted Dolby its first-ever preliminary injunction based on a standard-essential patent against Roku.
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Whirlpool kicks off microwave patent enforcement campaign in ITC, U.S. district courts: Samsung, LG, Electrolux among defendants
Almost a dozen different companies have been targeted in a new U.S. patent enforcement campaign initiated by Whirlpool, including Samsung, LG, Electrolux, Midea, and Haier.
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Unusual withdrawal of PTAB IPR petition shows chilling effect of new rules
USPTO Director John A. Squires’ new PTAB IPR rules are evidently already starting to take effect.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): comprehensive summary of InterDigital v. Amazon hearing; auxiliary requests antithetical to provisional measures proceedings; and more
Our latest weekly UPC Roundup starts with a detailed summary of the Mannheim LD’s InterDigital v. Amazon hearing.
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‘With great power comes great danger’: patent professionals warn against misuse of AI
Several panelists at the 12th Annual IP Dealmakers U.S. shared their concerns about the use of AI in every step of the patent lifecycle, warning that hallucinations, data poisoning, and the lack of human factor are “real” problems.
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Warner Bros. Discovery obtained UK anti-antisuit/anti-AILI injunction against Nokia on Monday; patent infringement litigation started on Saturday
The antisuit injunction wars between the UK judiciary and other jurisdictions keep escalating.
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Meet Philips Principal Licensing Counsel John Sideris
“Philips’s underlying principles, which have acted like a compass for the company with regard to IP, have not changed in decades,” John Sideris, who has been at the company since 2007, told ip fray following Via LA’s Bridge Summit in San Francisco.