Industry: Automobiles, auto parts and retailers

Huawei, Intel among big firms selling patents in June-recorded transactions

Two deals could bring NPE risk but others stem from bankruptcies, buying and selling of business units and company product collaborations

05 July 2024

Tesla embroiled in $1 billion EV battery trade secret showdown

The case accuses a former equipment supplier of stealing lucrative IP and exposes the weakness in Musk’s tough anti-patent rhetoric

20 June 2024

The German cartel office’s LNG endorsement has opened a can of SEP worms

Saturday Opinion: The Bundeskartellamt’s decision to give the green light to an automotive licensing negotiation group could stir up further disputes among licensors and licensees

15 June 2024

Federal Circuit creates patent holder headache in design patent obviousness ruling

Chief IP counsel must brace for the impact as the precedential LKQ Corp ruling might do to design patents what Alice did to utility patents, some practitioners warn

29 May 2024

Predictions of royalty load, litigation risk for upcoming Tesla EV charging standard

Tesla’s NACS plug – predicted to dominate the United States’ EV market – is undergoing standardisation. Automakers prefer royalty-free licensing, but what of suppliers and NPE risk?

14 May 2024