Huawei's core 5G SEP lead; InterDigital nabs Nokia IP head; MPEG LA hopeful on CRISPR pool; The 368 entities with 1,000+ US patents; TiVo CIPO departs; plus much more
Everything we covered on IAM over the last seven days – and all you need to know from the global IP market to set yourself up for the start of another busy week
MONDAY 1st June
A small Acacia portfolio being asserted against domestic mobile companies in China has come through an invalidity process almost unscathed. Read more here
“You don’t sit in your car because you want to use twitter or to send SMSs, you do that with your smartphone,” says Audi licensing head in mobility SEP debate. Read more here
TUESDAY 2nd June
Essentiality analysis finds that so far just 26% of declared 5G SEP grants are core to the standard and claims Huawei, LG and Samsung lead the way. Read more here
MPEG LA builds new biotech licensing programme and remains hopeful that a CRISPR patent pool can be established. Read more here
Apple is a perennial defendant in multiple infringement suits, but the iPhone maker is on course for its quietest first half in years. Read more here
WEDNESDAY 3rd June
For the first time since the US government placed it on a list severely restricting access to US technology, Huawei appears to have bought patents from a major American tech company. Read more here
InterDigital has announced that former Nokia IP head Eeva Hakoranta is to become the firm’s new chief licensing officer. Read more here
Rowan TELS, the tech enabled legal services provider launched a few years ago by RPX co-founder John Amster, has appointed IBM IP head Bill LaFontaine to its board. Read more here
THURSDAY 4th June
Oppo buys SEP applications from Korea research entity XRIS in a move designed to get ahead of the curve on a next-generation standard for streaming video. Read more here
Research carried out by ktMINE for IAM reveals that there are 368 entities from 22 countries that own 1,000 or more active US patents. Read more here
The US Supreme Court has declined to review a Federal Circuit judgment that set out a new rule for satisfying written description requirements, but divided the judges who heard the case. Read more here
After its Yahoo! patent acquisition, a possible $300 million biotech transaction would be a significant departure from Acacia’s recent playbook. Read more here
FRIDAY 5th June
Reports indicate that Taiwan’s Largan Precision, a supplier of smartphone camera lenses, has concluded a patent licence with Apple, its top customer. Read more here
Panasonic is under significant financial pressure thanks to the covid-19 pandemic, but its long track record of leveraging its IP assets could prove a saving grace. Read more here
TiVo chief IP officer departs with a $1.8 million parachute pay-off deal following approval of the firm’s merger with Xperi. Read more here
SATURDAY 6th June
If the auto sector wants its IP views to be heard by policy makers, it needs to develop a more coherent voice. Read more here
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