FRAND Archives

Panasonic, Oppo, Xiaomi, local division Mannheim, UPC, FRAND, SEP

Oppo infringed Panasonic SEP says local division Mannheim in first FRAND ruling

Today the UPC has handed down its first FRAND judgment. In a surprising turn of events, the local division Mannheim has banned Oppo from selling certa ...

22 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Lenovo, Ericsson, Panasonic, Xiaomi, UK High Court

Standard essential patents

UK High Court rules no interim licence for Lenovo in dispute with Ericsson

Lenovo's application for an interim licence at the UK High Court has failed. This is the second time in a few weeks that the court has ruled on such a ...

20 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

SEP/FRAND

Munich takes new approach to willingness of licensee in VoiceAge against HMD battle

With their decisions in Huawei vs ZTE and Sisvel vs Haier, the CJEU and the Federal Court of Justice set the basis for FRAND jurisprudence in Germany. ...

8 November 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Legal Commentary

Opinion

Is the UPC still needed for SEP disputes?

Last week, Panasonic and the two implementers Xiaomi and Oppo reached a settlement, just as their SEP battle entered the critical phase. The decisive ...

31 October 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Licensing

Licensing deal between Acer and Sisvel ends litigation

Acer is the latest implementer to take a licence from Sisvel's Wifi 6 patent pool. The licensing deal puts an end to all patent litigation between Ace ...

27 August 2024 by Laura King

Cases

UK Court of Appeal, InterDigital, Lenovo, FRAND

Standard essential patents

UK Court of Appeal: Lenovo must pay more money to InterDigital

Today the UK Court of Appeal ruled Lenovo must pay five cents per unit more to InterDigital than ordered by the UK High Court. Although InterDigital p ...

12 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

interim licence, Panasonic, Xiaomi, Oppo

Standard essential patents

Xiaomi unsuccessful in interim licence bid at UK High Court

Xiaomi is not entitled to an interim licence in its dispute with Panasonic. The UK High Court rejected this last Friday. An interim licence could have ...

9 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Lenovo, InterDigital, UK Court of Appeal, FRAND

Standard essential patents

UK Court of Appeal's FRAND ruling will signal London's role in SEP litigation

In an unusually long and complex appeal hearing, the UK Court of Appeal heard the FRAND rate dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo last week. The co ...

19 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

InterDigital, Lenovo, UK Court of Appeal, Colin Birss, James Mellor

Case preview

UK Court of Appeal begins five-day hearing in InterDigital vs Lenovo

Today, a hearing on the landmark judgment over FRAND-rate setting in InterDigital vs. Lenovo kicks off at the UK Court of Appeal. The case will determ ...

10 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

InterDigital, Lenovo, FRAND, James Mellow, global FRAND rate

Standard essential patents

After success in Germany, InterDigital's FRAND battle with Lenovo shifts to London

In early May, InterDigital achieved a spectacular victory with an injunction against Lenovo from Munich Regional Court. Now, the epicentre of the glob ...

10 May 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Settlement

Intellectual Ventures ends biggest patent battle in Germany without a win

Intellectual Ventures and the three major network operators Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica/O2 and Vodafone have settled their long-running dispute over ...

19 April 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Settlement

Huawei and AVM settle Wifi 6 dispute shortly before Munich hearing

The Munich Regional Court should have heard the third of five lawsuits filed by Huawei against FritzBox manufacturer AVM this week. However, shortly b ...

18 April 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Settlement

Thales and Kigen case settles, but paves way for FRAND-first

A pending FRAND battle between Thales and Kigen settled in April, one week before it was due to go to trial. While the two companies will no longer fa ...

17 April 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Standard essential patents

Lenovo accelerates Ericsson dispute with unusual UPC and UK claims

Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola have taken the global dispute with Ericsson over 5G patents to the Unified Patent Court. In doing so, the Chinese m ...

15 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Sensible Injunctive Relief Policies in European SEP Regulation

Standards development is critical to global innovation and competition. Computing technology, from personal computers and phones to the World Wide Web ...

14 February 2024 by Unified Patents, LLC

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