Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC Roundup (1 week): new injunctions, new cases, settlements, first FRAND decision on horizon, guidance on corporate officer defendants
This is a roundup of what happened in the Unified Patent Court during the last week of October 2024.
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XPENG becomes first Chinese automaker to be sued in Europe’s Unified Patent Court: ArcelorMittal asserting patent on coated steel strips
XPENG is the first Chinese car maker to have been sued in the Unified Patent Court. The plaintiff is Luxembourg-HQ’d steel giant ArcelorMittal.
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Halloween party at UPC in Dusseldorf with two preliminary injunctions against automotive supplier, and permanent one in favor of PepsiCo
The Unified Patent Court’s Dusseldorf Local Division just handed down three patent injunctions, two of them preliminary and one permanent.
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IEEE patent policy mess reaches Unified Patent Court: Netgear’s Hail Mary against Huawei
Today the UPC’s Munich Local Division heard Huawei v. Netgear, a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent case that could be the first for that court in which to reject a FRAND defense.
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Patent enforcement against LEDs used in automotive lighting launched in UPC and Munich court: Nichia v. Endrich (Dominant Opto partner)
Nichia, a Japanese company with a significant record in the enforcement of LED patents against rivals, has launched a new campaign in the Unified Patent Court and the Munich I Regional Court.
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Supercomputer firm ParTec sues Nvidia in UPC, seeks 18-country patent injunction against AI chip giant; previously sued Microsoft in U.S.
The UPC has its first AI patent lawsuit, and it’s a major one: supercomputer firm ParTec is suing the world’s presently most valuable corporation, Nvidia in the Munich Local Division.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): U.S. pleadings disregarded, but U.S. stipulation impacts confidentiality regime; wide variety of other news
Roundup of Unified Patent Court decisions, filings and other noteworthy developments over the course of the last week.
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Panasonic settles SEP disputes with Xiaomi, OPPO; UK interim license made major impact, FRAND determination could have been influential
The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has stayed next week’s FRAND trial(s) in Panasonic v. Xiaomi and Panasonic v. OPPO further to settlememts.
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Enforcement of former BlackBerry patents against Nintendo also extends to Europe’s Unified Patent Court: two cases discovered
Malikie Innovations, the owner of 30K+ former BlackBerry patents, is suing videogame device maker Nintendo not only in the United States but also in Europe’s Unified Patent Court.