Huawei has secured a major win against Netgear at the Unified Patent Court, which held that the U.S. networking company had infringed one of the Chinese tech giant's patents deemed essential to the Wi-Fi 6 standard.
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Huawei Wins Injunction Against Netgear Over Wi-Fi 6 Tech

By Alex Baldwin

Huawei has secured a major win against Netgear at the Unified Patent Court, which held that the U.S. networking company had infringed one of the Chinese tech giant's patents deemed essential to the Wi-Fi 6 standard.

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Playtech Can Sue Over Ex-Staff's Alleged Trade Secret Theft

By Hanna Vioque

The gambling software company Playtech won its bid to bring proceedings against a former employee and the Latvian company he now works for, after a London judge ruled he was in the Baltic state while allegedly stealing trade secrets.

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Belkin Hit With Coercive Fine At UPC For Delayed Philips Info

By Jamie Lennox

Dutch electronics company Philips has persuaded the Unified Patent Court to impose a €46,000 ($48,000) coercive penalty on Belkin, as it proved that its American rival has taken too long to come clean on how far it infringed a major wireless charging patent.

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LITIGATION

NanoString Can't Reclaim Deposit In Harvard Patent Feud

By Jamie Lennox

The Unified Patent Court has refused to return a €300,000 ($312,000) security deposit that biotech company NanoString paid to allay concerns over its financial footing and ability to cover legal costs amid a sample testing patent feud with Harvard College.

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Craig Wright Gets Suspended Sentence Over Bitcoin Claim

By Ronan Barnard

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright was given a suspended one-year prison sentence on Thursday after a London judge said he was in contempt of court for asserting he had invented bitcoin in an approximately £900 billion ($1.1 trillion) claim.

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Lighter-Maker Burns Rival For Copying 'Clipper' Logo

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Lighter manufacturer Flamagas has sued a wholesaler for stealing its Clipper trademark and logo without its consent for the marketing and selling of electric lighters in the UK.

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SAP Fails To Secure Document Analyzing Patent At EPO

By Jamie Lennox

A European appeals panel has rejected SAP's bid for a patent over a way of retrieving and summarizing documents based on the words they contain, ruling in a decision issued Thursday that it lacks a technical effect.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bruker Corp.

Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners LLC

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

NETGEAR, Inc.

NanoString Technologies, Inc.

Playtech PLC

SAP AG

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Sisvel International SA

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

The Crown Prosecution Service

UK High Court

Unified Patent Court