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UK appeals court permanently stays Acer, ASUS FRAND cases against Nokia: arbitration acceptable; no more FRAND trial
Read more: UK appeals court permanently stays Acer, ASUS FRAND cases against Nokia: arbitration acceptable; no more FRAND trialThe Court of Appeal of England & Wales has largely overruled a decision by the High Court of Justice and stayed the proceedings. The two computer makers overplayed their hand.
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Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involved
Read more: Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involvedMalikie has filed parallel patent infringement suits against Hyundai and Honda asserting Wi-Fi SEPs and other patents relating to connected-vehicle technologies, while emphasizing lengthy but unsuccessful FRAND licensing discussions prior to litigation.
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UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediation
Read more: UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediationThe Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division makes two settlement proposals with different contract terms and alternatively suggests mediation by the UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre.
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Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleaners
Read more: Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleanersTineco’s design-arounds have worked, but the Hong Kong company was unable to challenge the ITC’s domestic industry determination as to patentee Bissell.
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10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patents
Read more: 10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patentsIn the next-generation sequencing space, 10x Genomics has settled its litigation with Curio Biosciences, just before filing a new patent infringement lawsuit against Element Biosciences in Delaware.
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Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysis
Read more: Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysisA redacted version of the full Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate judgment has become available over the weekend. Here you can find an English machine translation and a Chinese author’s personal take.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA says generic reference is not leave to appeal; CD Milan revokes remdesivir-related patent; and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA says generic reference is not leave to appeal; CD Milan revokes remdesivir-related patent; and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of May 4, 2026.
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Samsung requested €295M ($350M) security for enforcement of Germany-wide patent injunction against its phones and tablets
Read more: Samsung requested €295M ($350M) security for enforcement of Germany-wide patent injunction against its phones and tabletsSamsung defended itself in that case (barring a successful appeal), so there will be no need for enforcement security. But the collateral demand is interesting in light of a German injunction ZTE obtained against Samsung last week.
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