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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.
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Ericsson, Nokia, Fraunhofer reveal successful 6G-powered submission for next video codec standard: considerably higher compression, energy efficiency, scalability
The tech giants have partnered with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute to “shape and drive” the next generation of video coding standardization, with their joint submission to the oversight bodies already positively evaluated.
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10x, Roche, Prognosys target Illumina in fresh patent infringement suits over gene sequencing
The two suits, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, involve nine patents related to single-cell genetic sequencing and spatial technologies.
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‘Another piece to emerging UPC puzzle’: CD Paris awards Edwards another injunction in long-running dispute with Meril, issues diverging inventive-step standard
This latest decision shows the UPC isn’t always willing to follow the EPO’s practices (in this case on the inventive step), but harmonization must come from both sides, counsel for Edwards has told ip fray.