Paramount and Acer push back against Nokia

Paramount and its subsidiary Viacom International Media Network have filed a lawsuit in the UK (case ID: HP-2025-000055). This comes in response to Nokia’s series of lawsuits concerning video streaming technology, which the company extended to Europe in October. The dispute initially began in Brazil and the US.

A team from IP litigation firm Arnold Ruess filed Nokia’s active claims. The team includes Cordula Schumacher, Arno Riße, Tim Smentkowski, Jan Wergin, Tuğçe Altun, and Victoria Thüsing. Patent attorneys Christoph Walke and Lars Grannemann from Cohausz & Florack, both regular advisors to Nokia, are also involved in the active lawsuits.

According to JUVE Patent research, a Hogan Lovells team comprising Benjamin Schröer, Steffen Steininger and patent attorney Andreas Schmid will handle the defence for Paramount at the UPC and in Germany. However, Hogan Lovells’ UK team is not involved in the active claims. A team from Kirkland & Ellis has filed the active claims for Paramount.

A Paramount spokesperson told JUVE Patent: “Paramount respects intellectual property rights and takes allegations that it uses the intellectual property of others seriously. In August 2025, while licensing discussions were ongoing, Nokia took the unfortunate step of suing Paramount in multiple venues around the world. Many of these lawsuits seek injunctions in an attempt to coerce Paramount to take a licence on unfair terms demanded by Nokia. As a result, Paramount has filed an action in the United Kingdom to seek a determination of reasonable and non-discriminatory terms for a licence to Nokia’s HEVC patent portfolio. Paramount does not take this step lightly and believes that the determination of the English court will lead to a fair resolution of the parties’ licensing dispute.”

Acer also takes action against Nokia

Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer has also responded with its own lawsuits against Nokia at Munich Regional Court. Acer is suing over EP 2 451 225 (case ID: Ref. 21 O 13989/25) for wireless communication technology.

Nokia’s active lawsuits against Acer at the UPC centre on video coding. Nokia sued on the basis of EP 2 661 892 at the UPC and over EP 2 375 749 and EP 2 274 375 at Munich Regional Court.

Nokia is relying on a team from Bird & Bird in these proceedings. Christian Harmsen, Nick Pearson and Tobias Wilcke are leading the active lawsuits for Nokia at the UPC. Nokia is also suing Asus and Hisense over the same three patents.

A Bird & Bird team consisting of Boris Kreye and Lars Hessmann are leading the defence for Nokia against Acer’s claims at Munich Regional Court. Nokia had also retained the same constellation for the proceedings against Oppo.

Acer is relying on a Taliens team comprising Thomas Lynker, Christian Werner, Evelyn Höfer, and Thomas Reithmann. A team around Jörn Peters from Casalonga filed the active claims for Acer.