Anti-suit injunctions

US judge orders Onesta to withdraw Munich lawsuits against BMW

For now, BMW has successfully fended off a lawsuit filed by NPE Onesta at Munich Regional Court. US Judge Alan Albright has ordered an anti-suit injunction against the NPE's lawsuit, which is based on ...

15 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

InterDigital, Amazon, UK High Court, AASI, ASI

Streaming technology

InterDigital hit with ex parte AASI from UK High Court in Amazon case

The pan-European dispute between Amazon and InterDigital is increasingly developing into a race between courts. In an anti-anti-suit injunction (AASI) ...

22 October 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

Unified Patent Court

The court that never sleeps

Around the Christmas period, the UPC published a number of important decisions. In the dispute between Alexion and Amgen, the Court of Appeal upheld t ...

2 January 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

NanoString, 10x Genomics, patent litigation, AASI, biotech

Anti-suit injunction

10x Genomics and Bardehle achieve rare AASI in biotech dispute against NanoString

In the dispute with 10x Genomics over diagnostic devices, NanoString Technologies suffered a bitter setback. The Munich Regional Court prohibited the ...

25 May 2023 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

The Netherlands

Apple and Hoyng repel Ericsson infringement claim in The Hague

The District Court of The Hague has dismissed a preliminary injunction request filed by Ericsson on the basis of alleged infringement by Apple. But th ...

14 July 2022 by Amy Sandys

Cases

FRAND

Philips and Xiaomi settle dispute over UMTS and LTE technology

Philips and Xiaomi appear to have signed a licence agreement over 3G and 4G patents, thus settling their global dispute. The settlement marks the end ...

31 March 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Anti-suit injunctions

EU launches WTO case against China over telecommunication patents

The EU is alleging that Chinese courts are blocking European telecommunication companies from protecting their SEPs at foreign courts. As a result, it ...

22 February 2022 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Anti-suit injunction

Düsseldorf second instance overturns AASI against Xiaomi

In a surprising move, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has rejected an AASI decision against Xiaomi from the Düsseldorf Regional Court. It also ruled ...

10 February 2022 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

Germany

Changing of the guard at Munich patent court

The Munich patent court is facing major changes. Tobias Pichlmaier, presiding judge of the 21st Civil Chamber, will take over an antitrust chamber. Th ...

25 January 2022 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

InterDigital and Xiaomi, patents, licensing agreement

Anti-suit injunction

InterDigital signs licensing agreement with Xiaomi

InterDigital and Xiaomi have signed a global licensing agreement and ended their worldwide patent disputes. This also brings to an end one of the bitt ...

6 August 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

Düsseldorf on new ground with partial AASI against Xiaomi

The Regional Court Düsseldorf has partially upheld an anti-anti-suit injunction application by HEVC Advance pool members against Xiaomi. The case is p ...

20 July 2021 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Mobile communication

Game over in Sisvel and Xiaomi's global SEP dispute

A licensing deal has ended all global litigation between Sisvel and Mitsubishi Electric, and mobile electronics company Xiaomi. The deal covers all mo ...

2 July 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

Post-ASI battle: InterDigital sues Xiaomi for patent infringement in Munich

For months, the world has witnessed an ever-developing battle over anti-suit injunctions between Xiaomi and InterDigital. In the next chapter of the s ...

19 May 2021 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Interview

James Mellor: "Anti-suit injunctions require judicial restraint"

At the beginning of 2021, the UK High Court named former 8 New Square barrister James Mellor as its next IP-specialist judge. His appointment, which f ...

14 April 2021 by Amy Sandys

Legal Commentary

Opinion

"Anti-suit injunctions are a road to nowhere"

The Regional Court Munich wants to classify implementers in FRAND disputes who file anti-suit injunctions in China or elsewhere, as unwilling licensee ...

25 March 2021 by Mathieu Klos

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