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An interview with NTTās Chief IP Strategist Shunsuke Sakai
Read more: An interview with NTTās Chief IP Strategist Shunsuke SakaiMr. Sakai talks to ip fray about how he has been actively exploring broader monetization paths and new deal structures beyond traditional licensing to create value from NTTās portfolio. āWe donāt wait until an issue escalates to get organized,ā he emphasizes.
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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
Read more: BREAKING: Chinese court determines $731M for 6-year, $600M+ for 5-year ZTE-Samsung FRAND cross-license ā UK court is global outlierThe 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
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week):Ā CoA overturns Paris LD on urgency; res judicata clarified across rulings; FRAND counterclaim dismissed; moreThis 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
Read more: UK rate determination in Samsung v. ZTE of $392M ends up far below what other courts deemed FRAND, invites ever more litigationA 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
Read more: IP is the ābasis of Europeās competitivenessā ā it would be āunrealisticā to think otherwise, says IP Europeās new Secretary General Niklas LagergrenāOur 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.
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BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against Samsung
Read more: BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against SamsungIn two parallel decisions, the Munich I Regional Court has granted ZTE a German injunction against Samsung and thrown out Samsungās own SEP countersuit over FRAND.
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UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report reveals
Read more: UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report revealsThe UPC has published its 2025 annual report, which contains statistics on the average times of its cases per case type, highlights the landmark decisions that have shaped its case law so far, and reveals that of the actions pending on December 31, 2025, over 60 involve one or more standard-essential patents.
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