Published: 4/12/16Publication: LexologyIn its decision dated 31 March 2016, docket number 4a O 73/14, the Düsseldorf Regional Court granted Saint Lawrence Communications (“SLC”) an injunction against Vodafone due to offering/selling of smartphones on the ground of the German part of the European Patent EP 1 125 276 found to be [...]
Published: 4/11/17Publication: Law360" Qualcomm slammed Apple with a slew of counterclaims in California federal court on Monday, alleging the iPhone maker is lowballing license terms for Qualcomm’s standard essential patent technology, breaching cooperation agreements and making billions of dollars off of other companies’ innovations." -- [READ MORE]Read More
Published: 4/11/17Publication: Lexology"In the aftermath of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (the “CJEU”) decision in Huawei Technologies v ZTE, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf has ruled on the obligations of a standard essential patent (“SEP”) owner, in the telecommunication sector (GPRS and UMTS standard), before seeking an [...]
Published: 4/10/17Publication: Lexology"The Beijing IP Court recently handed down a landmark decision concerning infringement of a standard essential patent (SEP) in the Iwncomm v. Sony case. The court found that Sony had infringed a SEP relating to a national standard. The court ordered a permanent injunction, along with damages of close to [...]
Published: 4/10/17Publication: CNET"Qualcomm's put on the boxing gloves in a patent spat with Apple. The chipmaker on Monday, in a 134-page redacted filing, responded to an Apple lawsuit about patent licensing and made some counterclaims of its own, including breach of contract. It also asked for an unspecified amount in damages. "Over [...]
Published: 4/10/17Publication: Patently-O"In the latest decision by the UK High Court of Justice (Patents) in Unwired Planet v. Huawei [2017] Mister Justice Colin Birss has issued a detailed and illuminating opinion regarding the assessment of royalties on standards-essential patents (SEPs) that are subject to FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing commitments. Among the [...]
Published: 4/10/15Publication: FOSS PatentsYesterday's announcement that Google has agreed to make its LTE (4G) standard-essential patents, all or most of which previously belonged to Motorola, available through Via Licensing's LTE patent pool, is for all intents and purposes more meaningful than most settlements of patent disputes between industry players are. [...]
Published: 4/9/15Publication: FOSS PatentsMore than 4½ years after Microsoft sued Motorola for not renewing a license agreement (a renewal that would likely have been costly after Motorola stopped making Windows devices), Motorola still hasn't paid Microsoft a dime in patent royalties on its Android devices, and for now there's no [...]
Published: 4/9/15Publication: CNetThe strife between Microsoft and Google over Motorola Mobility patents is far from resolved. Google on Wednesday asked the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to set aside a patent rate established by a lower judge in its ongoing royalties case against Microsoft, according to Reuters, which obtained a [...]
Published: 4/8/16Publication: LexologyIn three decisions dated 19 January 2016 the Dusseldorf Regional Court held for infringement of the German parts of the European patents EP 1 230 818, EP 2 485 514 and EP 2 119 287 owned by the plaintiff Unwired Planet (in the following: the Patents) and ordered [...]