Category: Unified Patent Court
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Telefónica becomes Avago’s fifth adversary at the Unified Patent Court
Two patent complaints were filed earlier this month.
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HP apparently realized it couldn’t defend against Huawei’s UPC action over WiFi 6, settled three disputes through Sisvel pool license
It didn’t take long after Huawei’s assertion of a winning WiFi 6 patent for HP to settle by taking a Sisvel pool license.
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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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BREAKING: First-ever major SEP infringement suit in Nigeria: Ericsson targets Transsion in patent enforcement campaign covering Brazil, India, UPC, Nigeria
“Despite almost a decade of negotiations, Transsion continues to reject Ericsson’s FRAND offers while failing to enter into a global patent license agreement,” Ericsson announced today.
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UPC judge indicates global patent license agreements imposed by foreign courts will NOT be recognized as defense to infringement
UK court-imposed global patent licenses will be of no commercial value if the UPC does not recognize them.
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Podcast: interview with SEP litigation veteran Dr. Christof Augenstein on UPC trends and predictions, long-arm jurisdiction powers
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Dr. Augenstein, founding partner of Kather Augenstein.
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UPC officially stays ASUS v. Xiaomi cases based on settlement negotiations; litigation between ASUS and OPPO still in full swing
The UPC lawsuits brought by ASUS and its affiliate Innovative Sonic Corporation have been stayed based on settlement negotiations.
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After Amazon’s pre-emptive UK strike, InterDigital has now launched enforcement actions in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil over video patents
“Amazon is more interested in litigating than negotiating,” InterDigital’s Chief Legal Officer Josh Schmidt said in a statement today, as the company gears up for an anti-interim-license injunction hearing in the UPC this Friday.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): first proactive FRAND determination request by SEP holder; CoA overturns PI over claim construction; Hamburg LD grants new injunction
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our November 2, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC CoA: translation of specification presumed accurate if it formed basis of EPO examination; court can decide added matter even without written argument
The UPC’s CoA affirmed the Dusseldorf LD’s finding of invalidity over added matter.