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Patrik Hammarén to lead Nokia Technologies into the future: appointed president (and now not just “acting”)
Read more: Patrik Hammarén to lead Nokia Technologies into the future: appointed president (and now not just “acting”)Nokia just announced “the appointment of Patrik Hammarén — whom we interviewed two months ago after he became Acting President (November 13, 2024 ip fray article) — as President of Nokia Technologies and member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team, effective 22 January 2025.” Nokia Technologies is the division in charge of the group’s patent…
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European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPs
Read more: European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPsChina has empowered its courts to set binding worldwide royalty rates for EU SEPs without the consent of their patent owners, giving Chinese manufacturers cheaper access to those European technologies unfairly, the European Commission has alleged.
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UPC Roundup (4 weeks): appellate decisions, final judgments, settlements, anti-antisuit injunctions, case management and more
Read more: UPC Roundup (4 weeks): appellate decisions, final judgments, settlements, anti-antisuit injunctions, case management and moreThis summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) covers an unusually long period as there were relatively few interesting decisions toward the end of last year and earlier this month. Our previous UPC Roundup was published shortly before the holidays (December 22, 2024 ip fray article). We will now get back…
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UPC’s Court of Appeal: damages claims can be brought in UPC based on national court ruling on merits; damages may predate UPC start
Read more: UPC’s Court of Appeal: damages claims can be brought in UPC based on national court ruling on merits; damages may predate UPC startThe UPC’s Court of Appeal has made a decision that is of major precedential relevance in two damages-related respects.
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New UPC decision shows Big Tech can’t always switch language of proceedings to English: ParTec v. Nvidia will be key precedent if upheld on appeal
Read more: New UPC decision shows Big Tech can’t always switch language of proceedings to English: ParTec v. Nvidia will be key precedent if upheld on appealContext: Many Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigators were profoundly concerned when the Court of Appeal (CoA) overturned two parallel decisions to maintain German as the language of proceedings for licensing firm Ona Patents’ infringement actions against Apple and Google (item 4 of this September 25, 2024 ip fray article). While ip fray was not prepared…
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Amazon’s ploy to derail ITC proceedings, and update on Amazon’s and Lenovo’s efforts to overturn or narrow Nokia’s and Ericsson’s preliminary wins
Read more: Amazon’s ploy to derail ITC proceedings, and update on Amazon’s and Lenovo’s efforts to overturn or narrow Nokia’s and Ericsson’s preliminary winsThe ITC has finalized its decision in one Ericsson-Lenovo case while it has not decided on the exact scope of its review in another. Amazon is hoping to overturn or narrow Nokia’s win.
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Access Advance launches video distribution patent pool
Read more: Access Advance launches video distribution patent poolThe new program covers internet streaming, offering the HEVC, VVC, AV1, and VP9 video codecs in a single license, and resolves the increasingly “hot” issue of video codec licensing in the video streaming market, CEO Peter Moller told ip fray.
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UPC’s Vienna LD hands down its first injunction: Chinese manufacturer’s traffic signal systems infringe Austrian innovator’s patent, must be recalled and destroyed
Read more: UPC’s Vienna LD hands down its first injunction: Chinese manufacturer’s traffic signal systems infringe Austrian innovator’s patent, must be recalled and destroyedContext: Unified Patent Court (UPC) infringement litigation is still heavily concentrated in the four German Local Divisions (LDs), followed by the Hague LD (January 7, 2025 ip fray article). But some plaintiffs have achieved good results by bringing cases in other venues. What’s new: Today the UPC’s Vienna LD, which had previously (late 2023) adjudicated…
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