Not exact matches
FOSS
Patents reported today that Apple has just been granted a preliminary
injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, blocking its distribution in all of the European Union except for the Netherlands.
Folks, this is very big... In the latest turn of events in LG vs Sony legal fight concerning various
patents infringement, The civil court of justice from Hague sided with LG and ordered a preliminary
injunction against Sony.
Sega was originally granted the
patent, and they used it to issue
injunctions against the sale of certain Nintendo games.
The Copyright Designs and
Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) s 97A gives the High Court the power to grant an
injunction against an ISP, which has actual knowledge of a third party using its service to infringe the rights of an IPR holder.
A Texas federal court judge granted an
injunction against Microsoft, barring the company from selling some of its Word word - processing software because it violates a Canadian company's
patent related to XML (extensible markup language), reports The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other media sources.
Formally, only the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 are affected, but in practical terms, Apple now knows that (unless the appeals court reverses this ruling) Samsung may be able to quickly seek
injunctions against newer Apple products over standard - essential
patents.
Apple's winning streak continues for now: after (finally) obtaining a preliminary
injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and winning by a wide margin a battle over a long list of expert reports, Apple has just been cleared of infringement of one of the three Samsung
patents it was attacking in its very focused summary judgment motions.
As I explained in a previous post, «the decision on Apple's claims was very specific not only to the four
patents at issue at that stage of the litigation but also to the course of events in that litigation (as I pointed out in my detailed analysis)», as evidenced by the fact that Apple has meanwhile won two preliminary
injunctions against Samsung, while «Judge Posner's position on FRAND is universally - applicable, and it will be extremely influential, throughout and beyond the United States», to Google's (Motorola's) dismay.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California just became the third court to order a preliminary
injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the second, after the Düsseldorf Regional Court, to do so over an iPad design
patent (an Australian
injunction, which was subsequently lifted, was based on two technical
patents).
Many
patent lawyers were dancing the Papelbon jig last week after a federal judge in Virginia entered an injunction against new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continuation
patent lawyers were dancing the Papelbon jig last week after a federal judge in Virginia entered an
injunction against new U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office continuation
Patent and Trademark Office continuation rules.
In Case C - 170 / 13 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp & ZTE Deutschland GmbH, (Judgment of the 5th Chamber, CJEU, 16 July 2015) the CJEU was asked to rule for the first time on whether seeking an
injunction and other associated remedies by the owner of a Standard Essential
Patent (SEP) against a company in breach of the patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102
Patent (SEP)
against a company in breach of the
patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102
patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102 TFEU).
Obtained a TRO and
injunction in the District Court of Nevada on behalf of Bally Technology, Inc., a gaming industry client,
against the largest provider of products and services in the gaming industry, IGT, for breach of a
patent pooling agreement covering cutting edge gaming technology.
By the way, March wasn't much better for Google with a preliminary ruling
against Motorola's ITC complaint
against the Xbox, Nokia's refusal to grant a license to its allegedly VP8 - essential
patents, Nokia's progress toward its first Android
patent license deal, and a trial based on which Microsoft may very well win (in early June) a German
injunction not only
against Motorola but also its parent company, Google, with respect to Google Maps.
The only reliable forum for infringers to undermine Canadian
patents is the Federal Court, where they risk monetary judgments and
injunctions against infringement.
In this space the
patents are not standard essential — the owner has no obligation to license them and can pursue
injunctions against any rival that it suspects of infringement without any restrictions.
The mobile sector has seen a number of
injunction proceedings launched by
patent owners
against those suspected of using their standard essential
patents (SEPs) without a licence.
In the meantime, Microsoft has won three German
injunctions against Motorola over
patents relating to text messaging, file systems and input methods.
Successfully won permanent
injunction, damages and attorneys» fees representing Taiwanese diving and snorkeling equipment manufacturer
against competitor in
patent infringement action.
In the U.S. these two companies had not yet won anything
against each other, but in Germany Apple had enforced three (permanent and provisionally enforceable)
injunctions against Motorola — two of them over
patents the Federal
Patent Court of Germany later declared invalid and one of them over a patent the European Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
Patent Court of Germany later declared invalid and one of them over a
patent the European Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
patent the European
Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization
patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
patent against Apple in Germany for 19 months.
All three
patents over which Microsoft enforced
injunctions against Motorola in Germany have since been declared invalid by the Federal
Patent Court.
This Article builds on these insights by investigating the potential and actual scopes of
injunctions against patent infringement.
Ten days ago Nokia already won a Munich
patent case
against HTC, but according to HTC, its One flagship series of smartphones is not affected by that
injunction.
In the summer of 2011, the Düsseldorf Regional Court had granted Apple a preliminary
injunction against the same product over the European equivalent, a so - called Community design, of this U.S. design
patent.
Successfully prosecuted
patent infringement claims
against distributors of infringing home appliances, obtaining
injunctions against infringers.
On August 9, 2011 the Düsseldorf Regional Court shocked the wireless world by ordering a preliminary
injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 over a Community design (EU equivalent of U.S. design
patent) held by Apple.
Omni MedSci filed a lawsuit in the Eastern district of Texas today, claiming that Apple willfully infringed on its
patents and asking for an
injunction against Apple along with damages.
The suit, filed in the Eastern district of Texas on Friday, claims Apple willfully infringed on its
patents and seeks damages and an
injunction against the company.
Thus, Omni MedSci is now claiming in its lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Texas that Apple willfully infringed on its
patents and wants an
injunction against the company along with damages.
News hit today that the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision to issue an
injunction against eBay for infringing a
patent owned by MercExchange on the «Buy Now» feature associated with auction services.