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China tests the long arm of its law in Xiaomi and Huawei’s international patent battles A Xiaomi logo outside a store of the Chinese smartphone giant in Beijing, China. Photo: Shutterstock
A growing clash between courts in China and Western countries seeking to exert rulings beyond borders could escalate, warned legal experts, after a local Chinese court issued an injunction over a dispute between smartphone giant Xiaomi and a US company.
The case, an example of the Chinese judiciary s intensifying efforts to impose long-arm jurisdiction under Beijing s directive, can throw international lawsuits into uncharted waters, according to analysts.
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Jury asks Intel to pay $2.2bn in Albright’s second jury trial
In Judge Alan Albright’s second jury trial, VLSI Technology was awarded $2.18 billion in damages after a jury ruled on Tuesday, March 2, that Intel infringed two of the plaintiff’s patents.
The jury, at the District Court for the Western District of Texas, ruled that the patents belonging to the Fortress Investment Group subsidiary were valid and that Intel did infringe, but that the infringement was not wilful.
Intel had asked to delay the trial because of COVID, but Albright rejected this request. The case was postponed by a week, however, because of the winter storm that hit Texas last month and caused millions to lose power.
Amazon must also indicate origins of fruit and vegetables
Every local supermarket must inform its customers where the fruit and vegetables on its shelves have come from. But this is not possible with online delivery, Amazon claimed in court. And now it is paying the price. The law applies to everyone - and therefore online retailer Amazon must also inform its customers about the country of origin when they order fresh fruit and vegetables, just like the supermarket around the corner and the trader at the weekly market. This was made clear by the Munich Higher Regional Court, which confirmed a ruling by the Munich Regional Court.
Amazon must label fruit and veg origins: Munich court
German supermarkets are obliged to show where their fruit and vegetables were grown. Now, judges in Munich have ruled that Amazon Fresh should do the same with its fresh produce sold online.
Assuming the ruling stands, Amazon will have to show at the point of purchase online where fresh produce was grown
Online customers buying fruit and vegetables must be told by Amazon exactly where they come from, just as customers could check the labels on supermarket shelves or other retailers. Munich s Higher Regional Court has ruled. It said that the EU standards in question applied to all, even an online retailer.