Industry: Electrical components & equipment

Lenovo files another UPC counterattack – this time against Asustek

Chinese company is one of very few smartphone/computer companies asserting its patents at the Unified Patent Court

24 June 2024

Lenovo confidentiality breaches represent "serious failings", says UK court in InterDigital dispute

The decision comes shortly before a key hearing on jurisdiction in the global FRAND battle

04 April 2024

Cisco sued at UPC by third NPE to use new court

Atlantic IP Services entity Lionra Technologies has extended its enforcement efforts to the pan-EU forum

26 February 2024

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pivot patent strategy as IP head steps down

The Japanese manufacturing giant looks to IP department to drive its green technology transition

26 September 2023

Exclusive: Dolby secures win in Korean SEP litigation

Victory “endorses” Dolby’s self-reporting licensing system, company’s IP head tells IAM

20 September 2023

Patent non-aggression pledge is working, says Daikin’s head of IP

Decision to allow royalty-free use of over 400 patents is proving financially fruitful, IP department manager Takeo Abe reveals to IAM

29 August 2023

Meet the man who helps innovative operating companies realise huge patent ROI

Ron Epstein’s IP advisory firm acts as “virtual in-house counsel” for small companies and his recent successes include a $150 million settlement for one client and half-a-billion in verdicts for another

01 March 2023

UK R&D innovator to see 1,452% revenue boost from $150M Samsung settlement

Nanoco Group pockets $90 million after attorneys and a litigation finance firm are paid

03 February 2023

Non-US companies earned 56% of US patent grants in 2022 as IBM loses top spot

Samsung took the lead, as Asia-based companies gain while American counterparts slip

24 January 2023

Small UK company on the verge of windfall from potential Samsung settlement

Nanoco Technology counts IP as a “key strength” with manufacturing royalties and patent licence fees as a small but growing part of its revenue base

16 January 2023

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