Category: Unified Patent Court
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InterDigital sues Transsion over cellular SEP infringement in UPC, India, Brazil
During the companyâs Q3 earnings call yesterday, InterDigitalâs President and Chief Executive Officer, Liren Chen, announced that it has sued Chinese smartphone maker Transsion for infringing several cellular standard-essential patents in the Unified Patent Court, the Delhi High Court, and the Regional Business Court of Rio de Janeiro in September.
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Amazon v. InterDigital injunction remains in place after UK hearing â UK court interested in UPC AILI proceedings (Nov. 14 hearing)
In the dispute between Amazon and InterDigital, it turns out that the judges in London and Mannheim both read about certain developments on this website first.
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UPC’s Munich LD throws out untimely 5G infringement allegations against Xiaomi in SEP case that started with 4G-only accusations
Court and counsel Munich LD, panel 2: Presiding Judge Ulrike Voss, Judge Dr. Daniel Voss (both “VoĂ” in German) and Judge Rute Lopes (Lisbon, Portugal). Counsel for defendant, counterclaimant and successful movant Xiaomi: Hogan Lovells (lead: Dr. Andreas von Falck; additional counsel of record: Oliver Baecker (“BĂ€cker” in German)). Counsel for claimant, counterclaim-defendant and non-movant…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): scope of res judicata clarified; EPO examiner criticized for negligence; injunctions and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 19, 2025 UPC Roundup.
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UPC’s Central Division (Milan seat) declined to assess 50 non-modular invalidity attacks in detail, terminated analysis after strongest few
A leave-no-stone-unturned approach by bioMĂ©rieux to a Labrador patent has led the Milan seat of the UPC’s Central Division to clarify how to deal with an excessive number of invalidity contentions.
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Both InterDigital’s AILIs and Amazon’s UK injunction can be construed broadly or narrowly: what interpretation is most reasonable?
This is a second follow-up to the Monday news of Amazon having obtained what the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) called an anti-antisuit injunction (AASI) (October 20, 2025 ip fray article). That report was based on the operative order, and the reasons became available yesterday, which led to our first follow-up…
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UPC’s Mannheim LD schedules InterDigital v. Amazon anti-interim-license injunction hearing for November 14; UK judge backtracks on ex parte
Mr Justice Meade has meanwhile published the reasons underlying yesterday’s injunction against InterDigital’s anti-interim-license injunction.
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UPC Roundup (2 weeks): various CoA and Dusseldorf decisions on equivalence, enforcement, service of process and other questions
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our October 5, 2025 UPC Roundup. There was a shortage of news during the first half of this period.
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TEXTBOOK UPC judgment on billiard-style squeeze via priority date; Dusseldorf LD deems selection of material from narrow set non-inventive
A seemingly simple case over egg cartons turned out extraordinarily instructive as it gave rise to a multi-faceted ruling presenting interesting dependencies.
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UPC Court of Appeal throws out parts of contempt ruling: exacting standard of upfront clarity, but no just-in-case adjustment of threatened penalty amounts
The CoA affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part a Mannheim LD contempt order, and authored a UPC injunction enforcement booklet.