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Federal Circuit grants emergency stay of BMW's antisuit injunction; UPC rejects piecemeal claim narrowing; Cardiovalve sues Edwards in Delaware

1) Premium: Federal Circuit grants Onesta emergency stay of BMW’s antisuit injunction: no need to withdraw Munich cases over U.S. patents for now

The licensing firm courageously and successfully challenged Judge Albright’s clarification of immediate enforceability dspite BMW already having moved for contempt sanctions.

Prior article on this dispute (not included in previous emails): Onesta files emergency renewed motion to stay injunction in BMW infringement case, invoking judicial estoppel

2) Premium: UPC’s CD Milan rejects piecemeal claim narrowing even when there may be plenty of time for revocation claimant and court to digest

Most of our articles start with a box that explains the context and the further implications, but sometimes (such as in this case) we publish very short pieces just to draw practitioners’ attention to developments worth taking note of that don’t require an elaborate structure.

3) Premium: Edwards faces heart valve patent infringement suit in District of Delaware

Edwards Lifesciences, an active enforcer of its heart valve technology patents in the Unified Patent Court, is now finding itself on the defending side of a patent infringement suit, filed by Israel-based rival Cardiovalve in the U.S.

4) Free: Useful to U.S. patent litigators: Certum Group releases model brief to oppose discovery into litigation funding

We just want to draw practitioners’ attention to this initiative, which does the patent litigation community a service.


This message was published Friday, January 16th 2026 at 9:49PM Eastern Standard Time (US)

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