CAFC Rejects Mobility’s Plea against PTAB’s Structure for Due Process
shot by IP News Shots / 6:41 pm on 14 October, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has rejected Mobility Workx, LLC’s constitutional challenge against the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). CAFC has affirmed that PTAB’s structure does not breach due process rights under the Constitution of the United States. CAFC found no evidence for financial interest of PTAB administrative patent judges (APJs) in initiating inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.
Industry: Telecommunications, Wireless Communications | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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Comcast to Confront CAFC Jury’s Xfinity Infringement Verdict
shot by IP News Shots / 7:16 pm on 13 October, 2021
Comcast Cable Communications LLC has requested the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to dismiss the jury verdict made in the month of September about Xfinity app. It was found that Comcast indirectly infringed a single patent owned by NexStep Inc. about a small technology of remote control. Comcast stated that there was no sufficient evidence to support that finding.
Industry: Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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CAFC Upheld EDTX Ruling, Clears Nokia, Sprint, and Verizon in Patent Case
shot by IP News Shots / 6:20 pm on 13 October, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) upheld a decision made by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granting summary judgment. CAFC cleared Nokia Corporation, Sprint Corporation and Verizon Communications Inc., from wireless network patent infringement claims made by Traxcell Technologies LLC. CAFC found several claims of one patent were invalid and indefinite.
Industry: Telecommunications | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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Cross-License Agreement Ends Worldwide Patent Infringement Battle Between Sharp and Oppo
shot by IP News Shots / 5:11 pm on 11 October, 2021
Sharp Corporation has affirmed the resolution of its intellectual property (IP) dispute with Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Ltd. The settlement came after the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China confirmed the jurisdiction for determining global licensing rates for 3G and 4G standard essential patents in the case. Sharp has affirmed its global cross patent licensing deal with Oppo which resulted in dissolution of global patent dispute.
Industry: Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications | News Category: Deals - Licensing | Type of IP: All
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Sterlite Defends itself against Prysmian in a Fibre-Optic Cable Patent Row
shot by IP News Shots / 5:49 pm on 08 October, 2021
Sterlite Technologies Ltd. has defended itself against claims that it is infringing two telecommunications patents owned by Prysmian SpA. Sterlite asserted that Prysmian’s patents are invalid. It further counterclaimed that its Micro-LITE fiber-optic cable products unlawfully use Prysmian’s inventions in its High Court defense. The company is attempting to have the two patents at issue revoked.
Industry: Telecommunications | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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CAFC Considers Intel’s Fear of Future Litigation from Qualcomm
shot by IP News Shots / 5:40 pm on 08 October, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has shown its affirmation to Intel Corporation’s fear of patent litigation from Qualcomm Inc. in the future after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling upholding Qualcomm’s patent claims against Apple, Inc. Qualcomm has asserted that it has not sued Intel over patents, therefore, there is no threat of future lawsuits.
Industry: IT Services, Semiconductor & Devices, Software, Telecommunications | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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