Month: May 2026
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BREAKING: Chinese court determines $731M for 6-year, $600M+ for 5-year ZTE-Samsung FRAND cross-license ā UK court is global outlier
The Chongqing Intermedia People’s Court ruling is consistent with those of the Munich I and Frankfurt Regional Courts, and the appellate level of the Rio de Janeiro State Court: 1.9 times (or at least >1.5 times) the UK figure.
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UPC Roundup (1 week):Ā CoA overturns Paris LD on urgency; res judicata clarified across rulings; FRAND counterclaim dismissed; more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of April 27, 2026.
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UK rate determination in Samsung v. ZTE of $392M ends up far below what other courts deemed FRAND, invites ever more litigation
A public redacted version of the UK FRAND judgment in Samsung v. ZTE has become available while a Chinese court ruling on the same question is still in the making and injunctions are in place in Brazil and Germany.
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IP is the ābasis of Europeās competitivenessā ā it would be āunrealisticā to think otherwise, says IP Europeās new Secretary General Niklas Lagergren
āOur ideas and our intellectual property are basically the only possible basis we have for our future competitiveness,ā Mr. Lagergren, who boasts 30 years in IP policy experience in Brussels, told ip fray in an exclusive interview.