ZTE-Samsung settlement; Munich appeals court reverses detention order; Rio court protects consumers against Disney

1) Free: BREAKING: ZTE-Samsung patent dispute ends as key UPC Mannheim case is withdrawn; several courts supported ZTE’s FRAND rate

ZTE and Samsung have presumably settled their multijurisdictional dispute through a license agreement. A UPC case that would likely have led to an injuntion against Samsung has been withdrawn by mutual consent.

2) Premium: Munich appeals court overturns coercive detention order against Polytech in Silimed dispute: injunction did not clearly cover nullity action

The Munich Higher Regional Court has overturned a detention order against a Polytech managing director, finding the injunction did not clearly cover the nullity action that blocked Silimed’s planned UPC enforcement.

3) Upcoming: Brazilian court imposes consumer-friendly requirements on Disney's compliance with patent injunction

This article will go live shortly after this email. Judge Victor Torres of the Rio de Janeiro State Judiciary had granted IBEX a video patent injunction against Disney and has meanwhile clarified that Disney must not comply at consumers' expense. Disney had drawn complaints by consumer organizations (including a class-action lawsuit) over degrading the quality of its offerings without proactively reducing the fees it charges consumers. Consumer impact is often raised as an argument against injunctions or in order to tailor injunctions to the benefit of defendants; here, a court set an example of protecting consumers from a defendant's documented behavior.