Context: The FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing; or just RAND in this case, the omission of the F having no effect) dispute between Amazon and InterDigital over video patents has let to major cross-jurisdictional entanglements:
- The UK antisuit injunction (ASI), styled as an anti-antisuit injunction (AASI), in Amazon’s favor was affirmed after a hearing (December 11, 2025 ip fray article).
- So were the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) (December 25, 2025 ip fray article) and Munich I Regional Court’s (December 1, 2025 ip fray article) anti-interim-license injunctions (AILIs), which must be interpreted as general anti-antisuit injunctions against foreign interference with property rights.
- Last month, Mr Justice Richard Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) expressed a great deal of skepticism when hearing InterDigital’s jurisdictional challenge (with fallback positions involving forum non conveniens and a case management stay) to Amazon’s UK case (December 4, 2025 ip fray article).
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Court and counsel
The decision was made by Mr Justice Richard Meade.
Counsel for Amazon: Andrew Lykardiopoulos KC and Ligia Osepciu, instructed by Hogan Lovells.
Counsel for Bird & Bird: Michael Bloch KC and Thomas Jones, instructed by Bird & Bird.