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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

Nokia secures first video streaming platform deal, boosting licensing revenue from new segments

Licence is a big breakthrough in the multimedia space for the Finnish company

Google signs litigation-free patent licence with InterDigital

The new deal covers the Delaware-based patent licensing company’s wireless, Wi-Fi and HEVC portfolios

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Software assets dominate market: patent transactions in Q1 2024

AST reports that deal numbers were influenced by economic conditions, trends in litigation funding, licensing cycles, and operating companies selling non-core assets

04 June 2024

Xiaomi sued at UPC by new Atlantic IP NPE following major patent transfer

NPEs seem to prefer the new European court to US courts when targeting the Chinese phone maker, which has become one of the Unified Patent Court’s most pursued defendants

03 June 2024

Case dismissed because of former IP counsels’ theft of Samsung’s confidential information

Evidence in the case shows “subversion of our adversarial system of litigation and an invasion of the attorney-client privilege”, Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled

31 May 2024

Lenovo denied UK injunction against Ericsson as tactical gambit falls flat

Device-maker suffers setback in battle to have global dispute determined by English courts

31 May 2024

The top Chinese patent holders adding Brazil to their strategic maps

Huawei and pharma giant Hengrui Pharmaceuticals are among the top patent filers in Latin America’s hottest IP jurisdiction

30 May 2024

Sun Patent Trust seeks French courts’ first ever global FRAND decision in new Xiaomi suit

Paris Judicial Court has already expressed willingness to rule on SEP licensing disputes, but has never made a ruling

29 May 2024

Exclusive: Xiaomi and Sharp ink wireless SEP cross-licensing deal

The global agreement brings the companies’ 20-month dispute in China to an end

24 May 2024

Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report Q1 2024

Featured in Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report

In this edition, our team puts the magnifying glass to Docket Navigator data on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board – case filing trends, institution success, IPR outcomes, and party and firm rankings

22 May 2024

Meet major smartphone maker Transsion, now in the sights of patent licensing giants

What you need to know about the Chinese OEM that has quietly accrued nearly 10% of the world’s market

22 May 2024

Inside Huawei’s Americas IPR department

IAM sat down with unit head Benjamin Wu to discuss his team’s work, licensing ambitions and the importance of Brazil

15 May 2024

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