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USPTO Director Squires continues pro-patent enforcement march: IPR petition institutions remain low, submits first-ever public ITC comments
Read more: USPTO Director Squires continues pro-patent enforcement march: IPR petition institutions remain low, submits first-ever public ITC commentsThe United States Patent and Trademark Office’s low institution rate, together with its first-ever public comments to a United States International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation endorsing the ITC as a forum for adjudicating patents, underline Director John A. Squires’s pro-patent and pro-patent enforcement agenda.
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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Read more: Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTABLast month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputes
Read more: BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputesThe Chinese low-cost smartphone maker is the market leader in Africa and sells high volumes of phones in various (mostly emerging) markets.
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BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG Electronics
Read more: BREAKING: Nokia acquires video codec patent portfolio from LG ElectronicsNokia has acquired nearly 300 video patents covering coding and encoding technologies from LG Electronics, according to USPTO assignment records.
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Federal Circuit rules Samsung IPR petition valid despite Unified Patents membership, no estoppel
Read more: Federal Circuit rules Samsung IPR petition valid despite Unified Patents membership, no estoppelIn a precedential decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that while Samsung is a member of Unified Patents, their parallel petitions for inter partes review of a Gesture Technology Partner patent are both valid.
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Nokia offered non-proliferation agreement centered around mutual notices to Warner Bros., Paramount; UK judge considers it reasonable
Read more: Nokia offered non-proliferation agreement centered around mutual notices to Warner Bros., Paramount; UK judge considers it reasonableThe article also contains an unofficial English translation of the redacted version of the latest InterDigital v. Amazon decision from Munich.
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This week, ETSI faces the choice between standardization work and mobilization contests, between honesty and charade
Read more: This week, ETSI faces the choice between standardization work and mobilization contests, between honesty and charadeIf ETSI’s General Assembly votes in favor of notorious, Bloomberg-exposed astroturfers, it will be a disappointing inflection point in the organization’s history.
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Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaigns
Read more: Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaignsThe United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed Oura a victory in its smart ring patent litigation against Samsung, upholding a key patent that the latter had challenged ahead of its Galaxy Ring launch.


