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Nera Innovations, a private equity-backed non-practicing entity (NPE), has asserted three patents against Xiaomi — all acquired from LG Electronics and Giesecke & Devrient. It has lost ground on all three. The granted version of
EP2642632
(“Wireless power receiver and method of manufacturing the same”) was revoked by the UPC Hamburg Local Division (LD) last year, and the amended one was not deemed infringed (
July 10, 2025
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: European Patent Office (EPO) opposition proceedings often involve numerous auxiliary requests that may never be considered if a patent is maintained as granted.
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Neonode Smartphone LLC sued Apple in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in June 2020, alleging infringement of
U.S. Patent No. 8,095,879
(“User interface for mobile handheld computer unit”). The following year, Apple successfully moved for the case to be transferred to the District of Northern California. In April this year, Apple filed a motion for early summary judgment of invalidity.
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A debate has been under way over the distribution of cases across UPC Local Divisions (LDs), the large majority of which are filed in Germany-based divisions. In April, the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) published a members’ letter that revealed a sharp divide: respondents based in Germany see no cause for concern, whereas those elsewhere warn that the concentration could undermine the UPC’s pan-European character, limit judicial diversity at first instance, and weaken political support among member states and prospective joiners (
April 13, 2026
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