FRAND

BREAKING: Regional Court Düsseldorf refers Nokia vs. Daimler questions to CJEU

The latest connected cars development sees the CJEU decide which company in a production chain is entitled to a FRAND licence. This follows the Region ...

26 November 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Mobile communication standards

District Court of The Hague declares Sisvel patent non-essential

In the pan-European dispute between Xiaomi and Sisvel, the latter party has suffered a further defeat in the Netherlands. The District Court of The Ha ...

13 November 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Connected cars

Daimler feels the pressure after losing to Nokia again

In the ongoing connected cars battle, Daimler faces a sales ban after the Regional Court Munich ordered an injunction against the company. The action ...

30 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Standard essential patents

EIP and Osborne Clarke successful for PanOptis against Apple

The UK High Court has found a patent held by PanOptis and owned by its subsidiary Unwired Planet as valid and infringed by Apple. But no injunction ha ...

20 October 2020 by Amy Sandys

Video coding technology

First win for Nokia and Bird & Bird against Lenovo

Lenovo may face a sales ban of laptops and tablets in Germany after the Regional Court Munich ordered an injunction against the company. The action is ...

8 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Sisvel expands UMTS standard campaign against Xiaomi

Sisvel has announced that it is suing Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi in Germany, after filing a lawsuit at the Regional Court Munich. This f ...

14 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Connected cars

Setback for Daimler in connected cars dispute against Avanci pool members

The Regional Court Munich has found that automotive company Daimler infringed one of Sharp's LTE patents, and was an unwilling licensee. The ruling co ...

11 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Connected cars lawsuits: referral to CJEU increasingly likely

Düsseldorf Regional Court is considering submitting certain issues in the current connected cars cases to the Court of Justice of the European Union ( ...

4 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Long read

The global SEP race

After the UK Supreme Court's ruling in the Unwired Planet and Conversant cases, the European patent community were discussing whether the UK courts ar ...

3 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

FRAND

Conversant wins in Germany with EIP against Huawei and ZTE

Huawei's and ZTE's mobile phones infringe two of Conversant's SEPs. Düsseldorf Regional Court has now prohibited the two companies from selling UMTS-e ...

2 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Standard essential patents

HEVC Advance members sue Xiaomi and Vestel after MAS Elektronik success

After the recent win of patent pool HEVC Advance against MAS Elektronik, the former has now launched another wave of lawsuits over the video coding st ...

31 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

FRAND

UK Supreme Court sets new standards in global FRAND litigation

The UK courts have jurisdiction to grant a global FRAND licence and injunctions based on a UK patent. This is the outcome of the judgments from the UK ...

26 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Opinion

Germany's top court holds the future of the European patent system in its hands

The UPC, the EPO and now FRAND. The German Constitutional Court is currently deciding on central issues concerning the patent market. The guardians of ...

13 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Germany

Haier files constitutional complaint over FRAND judgment

In the FRAND dispute between Sisvel and Haier, the latter party has filed a constitutional complaint against the Federal Court of Justice. Haier consi ...

7 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

German Federal Court of Justice

Sisvel and Haier judgment brings clarity to FRAND rules

The German Federal Court of Justice has released its reasoning behind the verdict in the case between Sisvel and Haier (case ID: K ZR 36/17). The ruli ...

7 July 2020 by Christina Schulze

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