Avanci signs up Volvo Cars for Wi-Fi 6; Fed. Cir. disallows partial final judgments on subset of claims of given patent; UPC CoA on conditioanl revocation; more

1) Free: Volvo Cars is the latest licensee to Avanci’s Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program, with more to be revealed soon

Avanci unveiled General Motors and Ford as licensees to the program earlier this month.

2) Premium: Federal Circuit dismisses ParkerVision appeal against Qualcomm: Rule 54(b) does not allow partial final judgment on some claims of one patent

The Federal Circuit has held that a patent is a single cause of action, so judgments on receiver claims cannot be appealed while transmitter claims remain pending. ParkerVision’s 15 years of litigation have returned to Florida.

3) Premium: UPC Court of Appeal establishes need for conditional appeals to keep conditional revocation counterclaims alive in ParTec v. Nvidia

While the CoA has granted a motion for Nvidia to reinstate its right to file an appeal in a case against ParTec, it warned that Nvidia should have brought a conditional appeal to keep its conditional revocation counterclaim alive in the event that the CoA reverses a non-infringement finding made by the UPC’s Munich LD…

4) Premium: Nvidia sued in Eastern District of Texas by PAE holding data center, networking patents originally owned by Avaya

PulseLink Systems is also enforcing former Avaya patents against Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Zoom.

5) Premium: Netlist adds new ITC complaint against Micron, Broadcom, Google, and Nvidia; “intends to rely on… Samsung” to prove domestic industry

After settling with Netlist last month, Samsung agreed to provide “certain information… to use in future ITC actions against third parties”.