1) Premium: “Pickleball Patent Wars”: JOOLA launches paddle patent infringement campaign against 11 rivals in ITC, district courts

The pickleball brand is seeking U.S. import bans, as well as damages in parallel district court actions, against 11 competitors, for allegedly copying its patented padel core technology.

2) Premium: Federal Circuit throws VLSI a lifeline in multibillion-dollar Intel dispute, but it’ll all hinge on what happens in the Western District of Texas

VLSI now has several chances to revive its infringement claims against Intel, which will likely seek to delay further progress as it awaits a decision on its license defense.

To correct another IP website's misassessment, there's nothing noteworthy there regarding damages. The theories themselves (value per unit, net present value) were not at issue. Not in the slightest. The Federal Circuit simply found no abuse of discretion in the district court's view that one of VLSI's two experts should have made the basis of his calculations clearer. The decision does not even discuss the lack of clarity with specificity. The decision as a whole is marked as precedential, but the damages part has all the characteristics of a non-precedential (almost a Rule 36) decision.

3) Free: Sony joins Via Licensing Alliance Qi pool as licensor, licensee

Sony, among the top 10 global Qi SEP owners, has joined Via’s Qi Wireless Power patent pool, bringing the total number of licensees that have joined in the past six months up to seven.

4) LinkedIn: March was MUCH better month for new UPC filings than January and February

22 new infringement complaints, 3 new PI motions. 69% of all infringement complaints in the first quarter were filed with the four Germany-based LDs, and the docket distribution debate won't go away. ip fray continues to promote both (a) a less lopsided docket distribution through certain measures and (b) avoiding damage to the UPC as a whole. The numbers of new UPC filings are good, but they are below those of the Munich I Regional Court. And there's Rio de Janeiro with big things happening pretty much every week.