Category: Unified Patent Court
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UPC’s Mannheim LD: adult content subscriptions may be necessary to obtain evidence; discovery motions (source code, CDNs) denied
In a dispute involving adult entertainment streaming services, the Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division has denied three parallel discovery motions as disproportionate and premature.
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UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) will bear FRAND in mind when designing dispute resolution: interview with Director Aleš Zalar
ip fray had the opportunity to interview Mr. Aleš Zalar, the head of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) new Patent Mediation and Arbitration Center (PMAC).
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UPC Roundup (2 weeks): wide range of decisions from default judgment to U.S. patent attorneys’ access to sealed documents
This roundup covers two weeks of Unified Patent Court (UPC) decisions.
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UPC’s Lisbon LD denies Ericsson PI against ASUSTeK for lack of urgency, but patent likely valid and infringed
ASUSTeK avoided a preliminary injunction by the UPC’s Lisbon Local Division, but the main proceedings could still lead to a permanent injunction. Lisbon positions itself as a potentially attractive venue.
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UPC’s Dusseldorf LD enjoins resale of smartphones for elderly over LED patent, addresses some interesting legal questions
The Unified Patent Court’s Dusseldorf Local Division has entered a permanent injunction against a German reseller over a patent deemed infringed by Emporia’s smartphones for the elderly. The decision addresses some interesting questions.
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UPC & SEPs: jurisdictional limits concern free-standing FRAND claims, antisuit injunctions while U.S. and UK courts enjoy greater powers
The Unified Patent Court is a powerful judiciary with respect to its territorial reach, but its jurisdictional competences face restrictions that impact standard-essential patent cases in different ways.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): one intervention allowed, another denied; more security decisions; several new cases
The previous UPC Roundup was published one week ago (September 27, 2024 ip fray article). This one goes live around noon on Friday, October 4, 2024, so there could still be developments in and around the UPC later that day. It’s a summary of ip fray‘s LinkedIn posts reporting and commenting on UPC news over…
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Xiaomi defeats Panasonic in UK, wins interim-license declaration that renders UPC, German proceedings waste of time and money
Xiaomi has won an unprecedented declaration of an interim license from the England & Wales Court of Appeal, practically disposing of Panasonic’s UPC and German infringement proceedings against Xiaomi.
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UPC Roundup: first PI affirmance, another SEP settlement, FRAND procedures, joinders, amendments, and more
Context: Since the previous overall (i.e., covering appeals as well as first-instance proceedings) UPC roundup of two weeks ago (September 14, 2024 ip fray article). a special roundup covered several appellate decisions (September 25, 2024 ip fray article). This article discusses one appellate ruling (the first affirmance of a preliminary injunction (PI)) that has come…