FRAND - JUVE Patent

Nokia prevails against Oppo as court rules on SEP infringement

In its series of lawsuits against Oppo, Finnish company Nokia has achieved another success at Mannheim Regional Court. The 2nd Civil Chamber found Nokia's disputed standard essential patents infringed ...

5 July 2022 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Standard essential patents

Huawei and Nordic FRAND deal important step for IoT licensing

Huawei and Nordic Semiconductor have entered into a global FRAND licence agreement, through which Nordic can access the latter's standardised cellular ...

21 June 2022 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Standard essential patents

Optis protects another SEP against Apple at Court of Appeal

In a case involving six separate actions, the Court of Appeal in London has dismissed an attempt by Apple to invalidate an Optis patent. On 13 June, a ...

15 June 2022 by Amy Sandys

Cases

FRAND

Thomas Kühnen won't dance to the Federal Court of Justice FRAND tune

Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has confirmed that TCL cannot sell MPEG-4 AAC standard-enabled smartphones or tablets in Germany. But its 2nd Civil C ...

1 June 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

Federal Court of Justice considers SEP questions in IP Bridge dispute

After the highest German court established current FRAND case law in Sisvel vs. Haier, it is now considering further questions on SEP claims in IP Bri ...

4 April 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

MPEG LA challenges Samsung with support from Krieger Mes and Cohausz & Florack

MPEG LA has filed a lawsuit against former pool member Samsung at the Regional Court Düsseldorf for infringing HEVC patents. Samsung was a member of t ...

1 April 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

FRAND

Philips and Xiaomi settle dispute over UMTS and LTE technology

Philips and Xiaomi appear to have signed a licence agreement over 3G and 4G patents, thus settling their global dispute. The settlement marks the end ...

31 March 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Germany

Munich Regional Court takes new approach to FRAND

SEP owners and implementers are to go through proceedings at the Munich Regional Court while working towards a licence agreement. The 21st Civil Chamb ...

28 March 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Mobile communication

Philips and Hoyng win final instance FRAND battle against Wiko

The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled in Philips' favour, asserting that Wiko cannot sell certain UMTS-capable mobile devices in the Netherlands. The cour ...

9 March 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

The Netherlands

Dutch courts could have international jurisdiction to hear FRAND claims

The District Court of The Hague has declared jurisdiction to begin FRAND proceedings between Vestel and patent pool Access Advance. Although currently ...

3 February 2022 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Germany

Changing of the guard at Munich patent court

The Munich patent court is facing major changes. Tobias Pichlmaier, presiding judge of the 21st Civil Chamber, will take over an antitrust chamber. Th ...

25 January 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Licence agreement

IPCom settles 15-year SEP dispute with HTC

IPCom and HTC have settled their dispute over standard essential patents, after both companies signed a licence agreement. This brings to an end a ser ...

21 January 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Opinion

"It is transparency which is the secret of patent pool MPEG LA’s success"

Everyone has their opinion about non-practising entities. Some call them patent trolls. But one NPE stands out from the rest. Patent pool MPEG LA is g ...

20 December 2021 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

Interview

Peter Meier-Beck: “From a German perspective, anti-suit injunctions should not exist”

Peter Meier-Beck is one of the most renowned patent judges in Europe. In October, the long-time presiding judge at the German Federal Court of Justice ...

8 December 2021 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Mobile communication

Intellectual Ventures suffers first-instance defeat in Paris

In the first of three lawsuits filed in France, Intellectual Ventures has suffered a defeat at the Judicial Court of Paris. It has fully revoked a pat ...

27 September 2021 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Video coding technology

MPEG LA and TCL settle disputes with help from key advisors

MPEG LA has granted a licence to another Chinese mobile phone manufacturer. TCL signed an agreement this week after long-standing litigation. Now almo ...

3 September 2021 by Mathieu Klos

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