Category: Unified Patent Court
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Samsung prevails in UPC Dusseldorf LD: gains ground in global wireless patent dispute against Headwater
The Dusseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court has handed Samsung a major win in a dispute filed against it by Headwater Research LLC, dismissing the complaint and revoking the patent-in-suit.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA on requirements for UPC Representatives; other decisions; and new cases brought by major players
Our Unified Patent Court (UPC) Roundup is now developing throughout the week (with the most recent news on top), and gets converted into the traditional (hierarchically structured) roundup at the end of the week. Please note that this is one of the last UPC Roundups available to non-subscribers. For more information, see the last section…
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Meril concedes heart valve case to Edwards in UPC’s NBRD: court-enforceable settlement tantamount to third injunction
After getting nothing out of U.S. and little out of UK litigation, Edwards is having a winning streak against Meril in the UPC.
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Multi-faceted CD Milan decision: revocation claim failed by default; injunction and interim damages award; some costs deemed excessive
After the Court of Appeal reversed the Central Division’s denial of a preliminary injunction, the enjoined party (EOflow) failed to give security in the main proceedings and has now lost on that basis.
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Nokia sues Chinese automaker Geely in UPC, Germany over 5G SEPs
Nokia has signed amicable bilateral deals with two Chinese automakers to date, but Geely’s rejection of FRAND patent licensing agreement offers has left the company “no choice” but to pursue legal action, Nokia said in a statement today.
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Fraunhofer suing HMD in Unified Patent Court over standard-essential audio coding patents
Yet another SEP holder is suing HMD: now it’s Fraunhofer’s turn. Two cases were lodged with the UPC’s Hamburg LD.
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BREAKING: SAP files its first offensive European patent infringement complaint in history, sues rival Celonis at UPC Dusseldorf
For the first time in its history of over half a century, SAP is asserting a European patent against a competitor, and it’s doing so in the UPC.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): first UK injunction, clarifications on evidence preservation, intermediate generalization, lots of new cases, and more
This is the new structure of our Unified Patent Court Roundup, which is now developing throughout the week. Quick explainer: You get a UPC Roundup of the same structure as always when the week is over, but now you can see it developing during the course of the week, giving you a second option (the…
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BLACK FRIDAY: Two court orders have marginalized the UK in global patent litigation, and it probably won’t come back short of joining the UPC
OPINION Yesterday will go down in history as the day on which the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) and the courts above it lost the largest part of the relevance they used to have in the global patent litigation arena. It took only two orders authored by German judges, both of…
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BREAKING: Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division enters first-ever UPC injunction relating to UK: Fujifilm v. Kodak
The Mannheim LD just entered the UPC’s first-ever injunction relating to the UK, after holding a separate hearing to discuss the implications of this.