VIa's Kevin Mack on China's role in SEPs; video patent transfers; Tesla factory in cross-hairs; Fed. Cir. on impossibility vs. indefiniteness

1) Free: Opinion: China’s role in the future of global SEP licensing

In this guest contribution, Via Licensing Alliance’s President Kevin Mack reflects on his last visit to China, and the evolution of patent licensing he has witnessed there.

2) Premium: Dolby, MediaTek bought 40% of video codec patent families that changed hands in the U.S. over six months: USPTO records analysis

A review of recent USPTO assignment records shows Alibaba, LG, and OP Solutions selling video codec patents while Dolby, MediaTek, and licensing entities bought, in some cases, expired patents.

3) Premium: Tesla ‘Sun factory’ apparently at heart of U.S.-Chinese semiconductor technology patent infringement dispute 

New York-based Linton Crystal Technologies has sued China’s Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical Co. over the infringement of seed-lifting technology patents, after the latter reportedly won a bid to supply Tesla with 210mm monocrystalline pullers for its $10.1 billion “Project Crystal Sun” factory.

4) Premium: Federal Circuit distinguishes impossibility from indefiniteness, affirms Samsung invalidity win on enablement grounds

The Federal Circuit upheld Samsung’s invalidity win, but shifted the basis from indefiniteness to lack of enablement.

5) Preview: our UPC Roundup will likely go live first thing Monday morning