Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Dutch court rejects Ericsson motion for anti-antisuit injunction, but Apple may still be enjoined if need be: another jurisdiction adopts Munich approach

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Ericsson means business, and it's not going to undervalue its patents in the renewal of its license agreement with Apple. Earlier this m...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

Intellectual Ventures predicted 'IP reckoning' for auto sector, then filed patent suits against General Motors, Toyota, Honda in Texas--even involving a former Daimler patent

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This is the third post with an automotive industry topic in a row. On this occasion, I'd like to mention that I plan to attend the after...

EU competition chief's tough talk on cartels doesn't bode well for automotive SEP licensing negotiation groups

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This is my second of at least three consecutive posts on automotive patent licensing issues. The previous one discussed the L2 Mobile Techno...
Friday, October 22, 2021

L2 Mobile Technologies claims Qualcomm chips in Ford, Lincoln cars infringe 3G standard-essential patents originally obtained by ASUSTeK

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Ford Motor Company appears to have a history of standard-essential patent (SEP) hold-out. It was unwilling to take an actual long-term licen...

Germany's chief patent judge: amended injunction statute is merely a 'clarification and consolidation of the case law'

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This is a quick but important follow up to my two previous posts on the CIPLITEC conference on Germany's recently-enacted patent "r...

STUNNING: High-ranking German judge publicly states that patent law may do more harm than good, but critics would have to lobby for fundamental reform

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Yesterday I reported on the first panel of the CIPLITEC online conference on German patent reform , where it became very clear once again th...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Patent injunctions remain the norm in Germany, judges from Federal Court of Justice and Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court clarify

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Today and tomorrow, the Munich-based Center for Intellectual Property Law, Information and Technology (CIPLITEC) is holding an online confe...