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10x Genomics and Bruker (NanoString) end global patent dispute
The UPC’s first major patent dispute has ended after the companies signed a global cross-license patent agreement.
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Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP inks Europe-focused patent monetization deal, leverages 1,000 AI-focused patents
This is the young company’s second major patent transaction in less than a week, as it gears up to have its stock publicly traded.
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Federal Circuit hands win to Fox in machine learning patent infringement dispute
“Claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data environment” are not patent eligible, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in dismissing an appeal filed by plaintiff Recentive Analytics.
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Japanese solar panel manufacturers seek to dismiss JinkoSolar’s U.S. patent infringement lawsuit
Context: In December, JinkoSolar filed a patent infringement complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against several major renewable energy companies and solar panel manufacturers, including VSUN Solar USA Inc., Toyo Co. Ltd., and Abalance Corporation and its subsidiaries WWB Corporation and Fuji Solar Co., Ltd. (December 8, 2024…
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Meet Orange’s IP leaders Lyse Brillouet and Harold Barrault
Being appointed Orange’s Executive VP of Research was a “concrete demonstration” of how seriously the board takes the IP department, Lyse Brillouet told ip fray on the sidelines of Via LA’s Summit in Shanghai.
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BREAKING: Nokia ramps up enforcement campaign against Acer, ASUS and Hisense—files ITC complaint
The Finnish SEP giant’s complaint comes less than a week after it also filed suits against the consumer electronics makers in three separate U.S. district courts.
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Significant progress made in 40 years since China’s patent law enacted, but IP units still treated as cost centres, says Changhong IP head Dejian Dai
Our understanding of IP only really began in 2001, when China joined the WTO – so the country has made significant progress in the past 20 years. But there still aren’t enough resources being provided to IP departments, Mr. Dai told ip fray at Via Licensing Alliance’s Business Summit in Shanghai last month.
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Huawei celebrates milestone of 230 patent licensing agreements
The company’s 2024 annual report showed a 22.4% year-on-year increase in R&D spending, suggesting it plans to continue ramping up its outbound licensing activities.
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Podcast on SEP enforcement in Latin America with experienced Brazilian, Colombian patent litigators
Brazil and Colombia have become increasingly attractive venues for standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement. In the past 12 months, Brazil has become a particularly popular venue for major international patent infringement disputes. In some of those cases, such as ZTE v. Samsung, the courts also awarded the patentee a preliminary injunction (PI) (February 13, 2025 ip…
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EU Commission gets support from 10 Member States for withdrawal of proposed SEP Regulation; 9 don’t care; only 8 want to keep it alive
Context: A little over two weeks ago, the European Commission (EC) withdrew its proposal for a regulation on standard-essential patents (February 11, 2025 ip fray article). A footnote to the EC’s working program noted that pending legislative proposals would be withdrawn within six months. Yesterday the Working Group on IP of the EU Council (the…