UPC Roundup; Trump jr. benefits from Apple license deal; SEP news

1) UPC Roundup (1 week): 11 interesting procedural decisions, settlements, and non-default judgment after party waives right of defense

PREMIUM CONTENT: A summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our August 31, 2025 UPC Roundup.

The next four (short) articles are not paywalled:

2) Donald Trump Jr. indirectly collects royalties from Apple through one of his two known patent investments: UPC lawsuit withdrawn

Legendary patent monetizer Erich Spangenberg did it again.

3) HMD received AAC license offer from Via more than seven years prior to Fraunhofer’s UPC complaint

A Unified Patent Court order denying an extension of time for HMD’s answer to Fraunhofer’s complaint reveals that Via already made a licensing offer in 2017.

4) Acer seeking counterleverage against Nokia through “threat letters” in U.S. despite highly asymmetric SEP portfolios and sales volumes: DJ action

Acer sent “threat letters” to U.S. telecommunications carriers using Nokia equipment, provoking a declaratory judgment complaint.

5) Supreme Court of India sidesteps patent-related questions in SEP as well as pharma contexts by declaring cases moot

The Supreme Court of India shows little appetite for patent and patent-related cases, looking for ways to declare cases moot rather than addressing legal issues.

And from ai fray, not ip fray, but major IP news — the largest copyright settlement ever:

6) ai fray: Anthropic’s record $1.5B+ copyright settlement is a great deal for book authors that doesn’t sound the death knells on Generative AI

Book authors get $3,000 for each copyright work that Anthropic had obtained illegally, a very good deal for writers, but no threat to the future of AI.