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Edwards wins UPC injunction against Meril over prosthetic valve and heart catheter patent upheld by CD Paris
Read more: Edwards wins UPC injunction against Meril over prosthetic valve and heart catheter patent upheld by CD ParisThe UPC’s Munich Local Division has granted Edwards Lifesciences an injunction against Meril over a heart catheter patent. Meril’s partly rather resourceful defense strategies did not succeed.
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Is it a good idea for courts to determine patent pool rates even if a pool has already achieved market acceptance?
Read more: Is it a good idea for courts to determine patent pool rates even if a pool has already achieved market acceptance?Before courts set patent pool rates, it bears reflecting on what that means if a pool’s terms already has been accepted by large parts of the market.
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UPC’s first French patent injunction: HP prevails on one of two patents over distributor LAMA, whose antitrust defense failed
Read more: UPC’s first French patent injunction: HP prevails on one of two patents over distributor LAMA, whose antitrust defense failedContext: Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation is still heavily concentrated in Germany, though The Hague is also becoming a major hotspot (November 5, 2024 ip fray article). One of the infringement lawsuits filed with the Paris Local Division (LD) is HP v. LAMA. The printer manufacturer wants to shut down the importation and sale of…
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Interview with Nokia Technologies Acting President Patrik Hammarén: the key is to focus and play to win
Read more: Interview with Nokia Technologies Acting President Patrik Hammarén: the key is to focus and play to winIn this interview, Patrik Hammarén, the Acting President of Nokia Technologies, explains how he and his team achieved some industry firsts in licensing and says we have not seen the best from Nokia Technologies yet.
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Judge Gilstrap recuses himself from supercomputer firm ParTec’s patent lawsuit against Microsoft: Judge Schroeder takes over
Read more: Judge Gilstrap recuses himself from supercomputer firm ParTec’s patent lawsuit against Microsoft: Judge Schroeder takes overJudge Rodney Gilstrap has recused himself from ParTec v. Microsoft, the most likely explanation being that he or his spouse hold shares in the latter.
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UPC’s Court of Appeal opens door to more cases: opt-out can be withdrawn even if pre-UPC national lawsuit over same patent is still pending
Read more: UPC’s Court of Appeal opens door to more cases: opt-out can be withdrawn even if pre-UPC national lawsuit over same patent is still pendingThe Unifed Patent Court’s Court of Appeal has now invited patent holders to withdraw opt-outs and sue in the UPC even if they brought litigation in national courts prior to the start of the UPC.
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Avanci announces two new German aftermarket licensees, but not the most vocal German would-be licensee: Continental
Read more: Avanci announces two new German aftermarket licensees, but not the most vocal German would-be licensee: ContinentalContext: Avanci regularly announces new licensees, such as ADS-TEC Energy, an electric-vehicle charger maker (October 31, 2024 ip fray article), and new licensors, such as SOLiD (November 11, 2024 LinkedIn post by Avanci). What’s new: Avanci’s Aftermarket program, which launched in early 2023 and covers certain types of devices (monitoring, infotainment and other multi-function products)…
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Philips joins Dolby in Via LA enforcement campaign against BLU Products over AVC/H.264 as Chinese low-cost ODMs lack license
Read more: Philips joins Dolby in Via LA enforcement campaign against BLU Products over AVC/H.264 as Chinese low-cost ODMs lack licensePhilips sued BLU Products one day after the latter’s answer to Dolby’s compaint in the same district. Both are Via LA licensors and actually targeting Chinese low-cost ODMs.
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