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Federal Circuit’s incredible multiverse: dead patent claim gets fictionally resurrected to justify part of $40M+ damages award
Read more: Federal Circuit’s incredible multiverse: dead patent claim gets fictionally resurrected to justify part of $40M+ damages awardThis is the oddest Federal Circuit ruling in a long time. Most of it is anything but odd, but allowing a patentee to capture the value of invalidated claim elements is remarkable.
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Broadcom suing Deutsche Telekom in Unified Patent Court after settling with Telefónica, winning injunction against Renault
Read more: Broadcom suing Deutsche Telekom in Unified Patent Court after settling with Telefónica, winning injunction against RenaultBroadcom has just settled with Spanish (but internationally present) telecommunications carrier Telefónica, won a high-profile injunction against Renault, and is now going after Deutsche Telekom.
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Breakthrough for VVC as Google implements video standard in Android 17: pool and bilateral licenses to follow
Read more: Breakthrough for VVC as Google implements video standard in Android 17: pool and bilateral licenses to followGoogle has previously implemented codecs that are not subject to its preferred royalty-free pledge, but only at a stage where it would have been a clear mistake not to do so.
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InterDigital, Sony renew cellular, WiFi, video patent licensing agreement
Read more: InterDigital, Sony renew cellular, WiFi, video patent licensing agreementThe companies announced today that they have agreed to extend their ongoing patent licensing agreement, which covers all of Sony’s end-user devices under InterDigital’s global patent portfolio, including its standard-essential cellular, WiFi, and video patents.
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Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examples
Read more: Acer, ASUS may NOT settle YET despite recent German SEP injunctions: new research and observations; HTC, HMD, OPPO, vivo examplesAfter last month’s injunctions, Acer and ASUS may still be holding out (which is meant non-judgmentally here). We received (a) surprising information from a court on Friday and (b) took note of an interesting but little-noticed statement.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA decisions on evidence gathering and unitary effect, three injunctions (one from the bench), and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA decisions on evidence gathering and unitary effect, three injunctions (one from the bench), and moreThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our February 9, 2026 UPC Roundup.
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New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trial
Read more: New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trialThis ZTE v. Samsung trial was the Presiding Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht’s first FRAND hearing since returning to the Munich I Regional Court and taking over the 21st Civil Chamber.
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