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Software, electronics and semiconductors most transacted assets in Q3 2023

The latest AST Patent Deals Report shows assets being transacted by the likes of Huawei and Intel on the sell side, and Philips and Softbank on the buy side

Micron targeted by Chinese semiconductor firm in US litigation

Yangtze Memory Technologies asserts that the US chipmaker infringes eight patents with its 3D NAND flash memory chips

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Apple acquisitions are fuelling the growth of its semiconductor patent portfolio

Patent assignment activity of major semiconductor vendors remains robust

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Huawei hails groundbreaking, component level IoT SEP licensing deal

Company says agreement with Norway’s Nordic Semiconductor shows it is possible to act flexibly to meet the business needs of different industry stakeholders

17 June 2022

US court ruling will affect royalty rate calculations for licence agreements

The precedential decision shows that characterising per-unit royalty terms as a significant percentage of profits may be beneficial in later litigation

15 June 2022

Defendants seek dismissal of lawsuit as litigation funder complicates Samsung verdict profits recovery

University that secured over $200 million in a patent infringement suit against the South Korean giant has yet to see any of the cash

10 June 2022

USPTO creates new use for Arthrex director reviews and “IPR trolls” become the test case

Move comes just weeks after Kathi Vidal promised prominent US senators she’ll take strong action on alleged abuse involving patents from the VLSI v Intel case

09 June 2022

Western Digital uncovered “root causes” of female innovator under-representation, says IP chief

David Dutcher says mentoring programmes increased female invention disclosures 26% and that retaining talent, employee know-how and patenting innovation is increasingly important as the semiconductor shortage continues

02 June 2022