Context:
- Like many other major patentees, InterDigital last year began enforcing its cellular standard-essential patents (SEPs) against China’s Transsion, the African market leader and a major player in other price-sensitive markets such as Latin America (October 31, 2025 ip fray article). Transsion was sued in the Rio de Janeiro State Court, the UPC, and the Delhi High Court.
- In the Indian prong of the dispute, InterDigital asserted seven SEPs, arguing that it previously made numerous attempts to negotiate and execute a license agreement for its SEPs with Transsion since their first correspondence in June 2019. But “the defendants have not shown true willingness to enter into a license agreement on FRAND terms”, the plaintiff claimed.
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Counsel
InterDigital is being represented by Anand & Anand’s Pravin Anand, Vaishali R. Mittal, Gitanjali Sharma, Siddhant Chamola, Pallavi Bhatnagar, and Prachi Sharma.
Meanwhile, Transsion is being represented by Saikrishna & Associates’ Saikrishna Rajagopal, Julien George, Vivek Ayyagari, Arjun Gadhoke, Ayush Saxena, Christo Sabu, Devanjan Chakravarty, Sanskar Dua, Soumya Singh, Priyam Lizmary Cherian, and Vedam Anand Kumar.