NIPC Law

Author  Subhrajyoti Saha,   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0   Source Wikipedia   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Birss)  Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 2746 (Pat) (16 Oct 2020) This is the first of a series of trials between Optis Cellular Technology LLC and its subsidiaries ("Optis") and Apple Inc and its subsidiaries on whether certain patents held by Optis are valid and essential for compliance with standard 3GPP TS 45.008 concerning GSM. It was common ground that Apple's products comply with the standard.  Consequently, if any of the patents is valid and essential it would follow that that patent would have been infringed. The patent in suit was  EP (UK) 1 230 818 for a Method for improving handovers between mobile communication systems . The action came on for trial before Mr Justice Birss between 5th and 13th Oct 2020. His lordship handed down judgment on 16 Oct 2020 (see Optis Cellula...

Philips's Head Office in Amsterdam Author Philips Source Wikipedia Philips   Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lord Justices Patten, Floyd and Henderson)    Koninklijke Philips N.V. v Asustek Computer Inc. and others [2019] EWCA Civ 2230 (17 Dec 2019) This was an appeal against three separate but related judgments by Mr Justice Arnold: Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc, and others [2018] EWHC 1224 (Pat) (23 May 2018):  Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc. and others [2018] EWHC 1732 (Pat) (10 July 2018); and  Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc. and other s [2018] EWHC 1826 (Pat) (19 July 2018). Koninklijke Philips NV ("Philips") is the registered proprietor of the following European patents(UK):  EP1440525 for a radio communication system  ("525"),   EP1685659 for a radio communication system, method of operating a communication system, and a mobile station (""659") and...