FRAND

24 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos

All eyes on Luxembourg in Nokia and Daimler patent battle

The battle between Nokia and Daimler has a new forum. Nokia has withdrawn its appeal against the referral of FRAND issues to the CJEU. In August, Noki ...

Legal Commentary

Anti-suit injunction

China wakes up in global SEP litigation

The anti-suit injunction dispute between Ericsson and Samsung over a global SEP licence is escalating still further. Anti-suit injunctions are also se ...

29 January 2021 by Mathieu Klos

26 November 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

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

30 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

28 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Daimler loses to Conversant over connected cars SEP

In the ongoing battle over connected cars technology, Daimler has recorded another defeat. This time, it's against Conversant Wireless. The Regional C ...

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

8 October 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

14 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

11 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

4 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ( ...

People & Business

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

2 September 2020 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

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