Ericsson-Transsion settlement after first African SEP injunction; U.S., UPC lawsuits

1) Premium: FIFA hospitality partner hit by District of Delaware patent suit as World Cup reaches final stages

The timely complaint targets On Location’s online platform selling match hospitality packages.

2) Free: BREAKING: Ericsson, Transsion settle global patent litigation

Ericsson and global Chinese smartphone maker Transsion have reached a settlement resolving their dispute over a multi-year, global patent cross-license agreement, shortly after Ericsson also settled its UPC dispute with Verifone.

3) Free: Ericsson wins first-ever African SEP injunction in Morocco: Casablanca Trade Court enjoins Transsion over four 4G/5G patents

A Moroccon media outlet reports that Ericsson has been granted injunctive relief against Transsion in the North African country. This is the first African SEP injunction in history.

4) Premium: UPC Munich LD revokes Promosome’s mRNA patent, dismisses infringement claims against BioNTech, Pfizer over Comirnaty

The UPC’s Munich LD revoked Promosome’s mRNA patent as invalid over prior art and found no infringement by BioNTech and Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine, ending the dispute.

5) Premium: American Express prevails as plaintiff’s second amended complaint dismissed with prejudice: “No basis to reach a different result”

Loyal-T Systems LLC did not sufficiently improve or change the arguments it put forth, leaving a Federal Circuit appeal its only remaining option.

6) Free: Nixu FL brings UPC action against AWS over cloud networking technology

Nixu FL IP Protection has filed a patent infringement action against multiple Amazon Web Services entities before the UPC’s Milan Local Division, asserting a cloud networking patent and seeking pan-UPC remedies.

7) Premium: Panasonic and OPPO, Nokia and Huawei trade SEPs in newly recorded U.S. transfers

Both assignments are emblematic of how smaller-scale asset transfers involving SEPs take place in the context of broader deals between operating companies.