Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

20-891 (CVSG requested May 3, 2021); Res Judicata and the Patent-Specific Kessler Doctrine : PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. 20-1394 (CVSG requested October 4, 2021); Undermining Jury Decisions : Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents. Patreon, Inc.,

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The decision is significant as it is the first by the Fifth Circuit to address the licensing of standards-essential patents and the meaning of “fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) licensing terms, adding to the growing body of jurisprudence already issued by the Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits in this area.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

An example of a Happy Meal box Thoughts Patent law is ruled out from the analysis. No patent seems to concern this box. In terms of design law, it does not appear that McDonald's has chosen to protect the aesthetic appearance of the Happy Meal. Perhaps, McDonald’s should not have disregarded design law.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2021

The decision rejected HTC’s argument that the non-discrimination portion of the FRAND commitment required Ericsson to give HTC the same licensing terms as given larger mobile device manufacturers, because that would convert the ETSI FRAND commitment into a most-favored-licensee approach that ETSI had refused to adopt. per 4G device.

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Patently-O

APRIL 11, 2022

In Niazi Licensing Corp. Niazi’s US6638268 covers a double lined catheter designed for placing an electrical lead in the coronary sinus vein. 898 (2014). The specification further explains that it may have a “braided design.” Jude Medical S.C., ” Nautilus, Inc. Biosig Instruments, Inc. ,

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here, Apple licensed a large number of Qualcomm patents as part of a portfolio license, but has only challenged a couple of them via IPR. On appeal, the Federal Circuit found that Apple had not provided any immediate concrete injury associated with the patent’s existence and so dismissed the appeal. 2020). .

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