Unified Patent Court’s Helsinki Local Division denies preliminary injunction request over patent opted out despite previously filed (and still pending) national litigation Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2893947Time Stamp: Sep 21, 2023
UPC’s Vienna Local Division demonstrates its potential to become attractive, efficient, inexpensive patent litigation forum Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2881860Time Stamp: Sep 14, 2023
First-ever UPC preliminary injunction hearing held in Munich: decision scheduled for September 19 Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2867013Time Stamp: Sep 6, 2023
Not a single patent injunction has been denied or tailored by German courts based on two-year-old ‘reform’ statute, but plaintiffs need to adjust to new reality of preliminary invalidity opinions Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2833708Time Stamp: Aug 20, 2023
UK FRAND judgment contains revelation casting EVEN MORE doubt on Mannheim court’s treatment of OPPO: anti-Chinese judicial bias? Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2791170Time Stamp: Jul 28, 2023
Mannheim mistake? OPPO fends off two Nokia lawsuits as French court invalidates patents-in-suit: injunction WRONGFULLY enforced in example of German courts disadvantaging Chinese defendants Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2778902Time Stamp: Jul 22, 2023
Will Huawei make European SEP case law history again? It may have brought first SEP complaint with Unified Patent Court (defendant: Netgear) Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2753673Time Stamp: Jul 5, 2023
Non-smoking gun found: PlayStation chief wasn’t really worried about losing Call of Duty, ripping major hole in FTC’s argument to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2728915Time Stamp: Jun 17, 2023
OPPO effectively defends 5G standard-essential patent against Nokia’s opposition: EPO upholds claims based on minor clarification; Mannheim trial scheduled for 6/27 Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2726866Time Stamp: Jun 16, 2023
UPDATED TIMELINE: U.S. court to hear FTC request for preliminary injunction against Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard next week, merger technically can’t close in June but on track for July Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2724454Time Stamp: Jun 14, 2023
Smartphone maker vivo exits German market after Nokia starts enforcement of standard-essential patent injunction Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2705003Time Stamp: Jun 6, 2023
EU-only SEP register can’t serve as basis for global FRAND determinations: proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents suffers from incongruent provisions Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2700301Time Stamp: Jun 4, 2023
Make games not war: protecting competition & markets would preserve the CMA’s authority after its outlier ruling on Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2697599Time Stamp: Jun 3, 2023
CMA’s appalling stalling can’t prevent courtroom disaster, reinforces ‘closed for business’ narrative — Justice Marcus Smith moves forward swiftly and is unconvinced of agency’s market definition Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2689069Time Stamp: May 31, 2023
As of today, Microsoft could consummate the Activision Blizzard purchase without fear of sanctions from a U.S. court: investment bank Macquarie recommends going ahead Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2670231Time Stamp: May 22, 2023
OPPO has invalidated another two Nokia patents this month: European Patent Office revoked patents and rejected proposed amendments Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2653838Time Stamp: May 15, 2023
Disclaimers, excuses, evasive answers: EU SEP Regulation lacks evidentiary basis, Brussels event primarily about GROWing IPlytics’ business Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2634927Time Stamp: May 7, 2023
Qualcomm outlines Reciprocal FRAND Agreement as superior alternative to European Commission’s “fatally-flawed proposal” of non-binding standard-essential patent valuations Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2593978Time Stamp: Apr 18, 2023
European Commission’s take on patent pools has turned negative: draft impact assessment makes up and distorts facts, relies on conflicted “researcher” Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2587431Time Stamp: Apr 16, 2023
Stakeholder reactions to draft EU SEP regulation: both licensors and licensees identify issues that counsel against premature proposal Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2583349Time Stamp: Apr 14, 2023