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The Unified Patent Court's Court of Appeal has referred four questions of EU law, all of them relating to long-arm jurisdiction, to the European Court of Justice. We've published an explanation of what those questions are about, and the attached table. ipfray.com/upc-coa-refers-fo…

#Broadcom is the world's first trillion-$ company with an active patent licensing & enforcement program -- when IBM and Microsoft had similar programs, they were (and IBM still is) much less valuable than Broadcom is now. Qualcomm is smaller, too. $AVGO ipfray.com/first-trillion-do…

He added a few minutes later that funders are "essential" to a collective (class) action system. ip fray is the official media partner (see the photo). 🧵2/2

Samsung Electronics’ #antitrust attack on ZTE Corporation over SEP licensing confirmed; ZTE won Brazilian preliminary injunction last month We've obtained a photo of a public notice of the lawsuit on a magnetic pinwall at the Frankfurt Regional Court. ipfray.com/samsungs-antitrus…

Northwestern University amended license agreement with inventors’ startup, now suing Moderna in Delaware over LNP #patents This is not seen too often: the complaint contains portrait photos of three inventors. ipfray.com/northwestern-univ…

#Nokia files 4G/5G and WiFi #patent infringement actions against payment terminal maker #Verifone in Unified Patent Court, Germany Nokia has concluded >250 license agreements since 2017, litigation was needed in <3% of those cases. ipfray.com/nokia-files-4g-5g…

#Nokia and #vivo settle 5G #patent dispute with cross-license shortly after Nokia-#OPPO deal For $NOK it's the 6th major renewal of a smartphone patent license in 13 months, following the deals with Huawei, Apple, Samsung, Honor, OPPO. #standards ipfray.com/nokia-and-vivo-se…

ANALYSIS: Federal Circuit reinstates Apple Watch ban because Apple can sell version without pulse oximetry: what’s next? This may now be Masimo's last chance to get anything from Apple. Or will Apple present a workaround version *with* pulse oximetry? ipfray.com/federal-circuit-r…

OPPO snatched victory from jaws of defeat in Federal Patent Court, may now get decisive leverage over Nokia 5G patent originally deemed invalid and then affirmed in its entirety. Munich court apparently confirmed it's essential. Injunction looms large. ipfray.com/oppo-snatched-vic…

Apple asks court to allow continued sales of Apple Watch with pulse oximetry after securing clearance of version without The interim stay that allows unmodified Apple Watch could go away any day. If extended, Masimo likely to lose it all. ipfray.com/apple-asks-court-… Tip @Techmeme