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Corning and Quinn Emanuel defend special glass production method against TCL

TCL is banned from selling some of its TVs in Germany. In a ruling handed down today, Mannheim local division found a patent belonging to Corning to b ...

16 April 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Video streaming technology

No luck for Broadcom as Netflix and Quinn Emanuel succeed in another nullity claim

Broadcom has suffered a further defeat in the long-running case against Netflix over video streaming technology. The Federal Court of Justice has decl ...

20 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Amazon, InterDigital, UPC, local division Mannheim, UK High Court

Streaming technology

InterDigital vs Amazon – A chronology of the escalation

The dispute between Amazon and InterDigital quickly developed into much more than a simple patent infringement case. Since the turn of the year in par ...

16 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Huawei, Disney, streaming, Meta, Facebook

Streaming technology

Huawei launches another major battle over streaming against Disney

Endless streaming is the promise of many platforms. This seems to also generate an endless stream of patent disputes over the technology. Now Huawei i ...

13 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

French patent market

Top 10 patent cases in France

French courts recorded a decline in the number of cases in 2024, and recent research suggests that the downward trend continued last year. Nevertheles ...

6 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Locating technology

Local division Düsseldorf dismisses Ona Patents infringement claim against Google

In the dispute between Ona Patents and Google concerning a patent relating to location-positioning technology in smartphones, the UPC today rejected O ...

15 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Streaming technology

Hisense settles global dispute with Nokia over video coding patents

Nokia and Hisense have now settled their multi-jurisdictional dispute over video coding patents. Earlier this week, the Finnish patent holder withdrew ...

8 January 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Gaming technology

Success for Nintendo against Bigben over Wii in France and Germany

The year 2025 concludes favourably for Nintendo. The Japanese games company achieved two successes in its battle against Bigben over a crucial patent ...

30 December 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Generative AI

Open AI must pay GEMA licence fee for ChatGPT

If Open AI wants to use song lyrics by German musicians to train ChatGPT, it must obtain a GEMA licence. This is the outcome of today's ruling by the ...

11 November 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

disney, interdigital, streaming, Remove term: Preliminary injunction

Streaming technology

InterDigital and Arnold Ruess win injunction against Disney

Disney may not use InterDigital's advanced video compression technology on its streaming platforms in Germany. The Regional Court Munich has issued an ...

4 November 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Streaming technology

German and UPC rulings in Amazon case put pressure on UK proceedings

The dispute between InterDigital and Amazon has taken a new turn, with the UK High Court scheduling a hearing for late October. At a recent case manag ...

16 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Nokia, Paramount, Amazon, UPC, video streaming

Streaming technology

Nokia sues Paramount at UPC and in Germany

Patent holder Nokia is extending its litigation campaign against Paramount to Europe. Following lawsuits in the US and Brazil, the Finnish company has ...

2 October 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

GEMA, OpenAI, ChatGPT, AI, Munich, Munich Regional Court, Quinn Emanuel, Raue

Case preview

Munich hears first ever case over licences for generative AI in GEMA vs OpenAI

It is reportedly the first lawsuit worldwide against an AI provider for the unlicensed use of protected musical works. Today, Munich Regional Court is ...

29 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Dish, Aylo, UPC, video streaming, A&O Shearman, Bardehle Pagenberg

Video streaming technology

Aylo and Bardehle Pagenberg prevail against Dish in pan-European dispute

So far Dish has been unsuccessful in its international dispute with Aylo over streaming technology. One of the two patents-in-suit was recently revoke ...

6 June 2025 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Amazon, Nokia, Amazon Prime Video, settlement, agreement, streaming

Streaming technology

Nokia and Amazon sign agreement settling global patent dispute

The global patent dispute between Nokia and Amazon has ended. Today, the Finnish tech company announced it had signed an agreement with the US company ...

31 March 2025 by Konstanze Richter

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