Category: Unified Patent Court
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The venue diversity leaders among Unified Patent Court litigation firms: several firms already have (or have had) cases in nine different venues
We recently asked for input from Unified Patent (UPC) litigation firms whose attorneys have appeared in a wide variety of UPC venues (November 25, 2024 ip fray article). From our conversations with the firms that responded and a couple who elected not to, we got a better understanding of different strategies. As we always knew,…
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UPC Roundup (1 week): first Nordic-Baltic RD trial, €46K contempt fine, major FRAND injunction, PI over patent approaching expiration, and more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) that have happened or become known since the previous UPC Roundup (December 15, 2024 ip fray article). Most roundups sum up what was previously reported (at least on our LinkedIn page), but this present one contains a few items on top….
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In U.S. court filing that sheds light on UPC and German cases, Huawei claims to have been “repeatedly ghosted by Netgear”
A filing made by Huawei with a U.S. court on Friday accuses Netgear of repeatedly “ghosting” the Chinese innovator when it came to discussing licensing terms.
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Via LA licensors suing Microsoft in Germany and/or UPC over HEVC video codec patents
Context: This fall, HP and TCL took HEVC (H.265) patent pool licenses from Access Advance (October 30, 2024 ip fray article), thereby settling several patent infringement cases. Those companies had previously taken licenses from MPEG LA, which got acquired by Via Licensing last year to form Via LA (May 2, 2023 Via LA press release)….
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UPC’s Mannheim LD grants preliminary injunction, remaining time of 1.5 years until expiration of patent weighs in favor of PI
A preliminary injunction ordered by the UPC’s Mannheim Local Division comes with a reasoning that will encourage more PI motions in the UPC.
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Netgear running out of time against Huawei as next injunction could come down on January 9, patent exhaustion won’t move needle
Netgear faces the risk of another WiFi 6 SEP injunction coming down on January 9, and the exhaustion-based carve-out from the December 18 UPC injunction may be useless.
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UPC’s Munich LD contradicts EU Commission, separately faults Netgear for unsubstantiated rejection of Sisvel’s WiFi 6 pool license offer
Huawei won a multi-country WiFi 6 SEP injunction against Netgear today, and the UPC’s Munich LD has taken various patentee- and pool-friendly positions on FRAND.
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Huawei wins Unified Patent Court injunction against Netgear over WiFi 6 in most important UPC SEP ruling to date
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division has granted Huawei a multi-country injunction against Netgear over a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): Munich LD allows subsequent assertion of another claim set; 9 seconds to revocation; CoA on injunction enforcement; and other developments
This is a summary of developments in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) since the previous roundup (December 7, 2024 ip fray article). There have been some interesting decisions lately, with quite a bit more to come before the holidays. 1. Assertion of additional category of patent claims during course of proceedings does not constitute an…
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Pfizer brought UPC revocation action 9 seconds after midnight on grant date, argues Glaxo jumped the gun with infringement filing
Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer are embroiled in an interesting UPC venue fight that involves questions of timing.