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Smart meter giant EDMI takes license from Huawei, previously Avanci, but not Sisvel: patent pools are optional
Read more: Smart meter giant EDMI takes license from Huawei, previously Avanci, but not Sisvel: patent pools are optionalHuawei and EDMI announced a license agreement today that relates to narrowband IoT standards. EDMI could have licensed the related Huawei patents through a Sisvel pool, but opted for a bilateral agreement, which demonstrates the optionality of patent pools.
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Intense lobbying activity around standard-essential patents breeds hyperbole, made-up issues, contradictions
Read more: Intense lobbying activity around standard-essential patents breeds hyperbole, made-up issues, contradictionsEmboldened by a recent vote in the European Parliament and other developments, those advocating the interests of implementers of standard-essential patents are vocal. And not every problem they claim to have identified actually exists.
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Judge Alan D. Albright has already participated in various Federal Circuit hearings and decisions
Read more: Judge Alan D. Albright has already participated in various Federal Circuit hearings and decisionsContext: Temporarily, more patent infringement cases were filed with the Waco division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas as patentees flocked to that court to put their cases in front of Judge Alan D. Albright, a former patent litigator who promised to take patent cases to trial rather swiftly.…
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Apple’s opening brief in appeal of Watch case places emphasis on ITC’s domestic industry requirement
Read more: Apple’s opening brief in appeal of Watch case places emphasis on ITC’s domestic industry requirementApple has filed its opening brief in the appeal of the Apple Watch import ban ordered by the USITC in October 2023.
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Indian SEP ruling penalizes textbook holdout primarily through fee-shifting: Ericsson v. Lava
Read more: Indian SEP ruling penalizes textbook holdout primarily through fee-shifting: Ericsson v. LavaThe Delhi High Court has handed down its ruling in a long-running standard-essential patent dispute between Ericsson and Lava, exposing an extreme case of hold-out behavior.
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Litigation finance: ip fray’s founder helping U.S. litigation boutique raise funds for portfolio of (mostly IP) cases
Read more: Litigation finance: ip fray’s founder helping U.S. litigation boutique raise funds for portfolio of (mostly IP) casesBy Florian Mueller, the founder of ip fray It’s been a little over three months since I launched three new websites (ai fray, games fray, ip fray). Articles and social media posts by all three outlets have been picked up by Techmeme, the leading information and communications technology news aggregator. Key decision makers (from public…
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Next attack on EU patent injunctions: IP2Innovate officially pushes for stronger proportionality requirement
Read more: Next attack on EU patent injunctions: IP2Innovate officially pushes for stronger proportionality requirementA Brussels-based lobbying group of net licensees, IP2Innovate, has made a public call on the EU institutions to restrict access to patent injunctions by means of a strengthened proportionality test.
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European Commission asks Munich appeals court to reverse lower court in standard-essential patent case
Read more: European Commission asks Munich appeals court to reverse lower court in standard-essential patent caseEXCLUSIVE: The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) has asked the Munich Higher Regional Court for permission to appear as an amicus curiae on the defendant’s behalf in a VoiceAge EVS v. HMD case. Different aspects of the EC’s initiative raise serious questions about the agency’s understanding of SEP issues.
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