Samsung defeats Maxell patent UPC case over Galaxy content-sharing tech
By Inbar Preiss ( September 23, 2026, 11:40 GMT | Insight) -- Samsung has defeated Maxell’s Unified Patent Court suit over Galaxy content-sharing technology after Munich judges revoked the patent for lack of novelty. The ruling also left unresolved Samsung’s antritrust defense, which argued licensing obligations should apply to technology it said had become an industry standard.Samsung has defeated a Unified Patent Court infringement case brought by Japanese electronics company Maxell over technology for moving content between smartphones and external displays, after judges revoked the asserted patent across four European countries....
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