Category: Jurisdictions
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UK appeals court dismisses litigation funding agreement challenges by Sony, Apple, Visa, Mastercard: “victory for common sense”, say local funders
In a landmark judgment widely welcomed by litigation funders the England & Wales Court of Appeal has ruled that litigation funding agreements are not a form of damages-based agreement, dismissing several challenges filed by Sony, Apple, Visa and Mastercard in UK class action claims.
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Pantech launches U.S. 4G SEP enforcement campaign: files ITC complaint, sues TCL, HMD, OnePlus, Lenovo, Tinno
The campaign, which targets the same four patents in the same U.S. district court, was filed shortly after the Korean firm was granted Japan’s first-ever injunction in a FRAND-related case.
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Two Chinese SEP injunctions in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD — implementer failed to comply with FRAND
Context: HMD recently withdrew its EU antitrust complaint against VoiceAge EVS (May 5, 2025 ip fray article) and previously appealed a German VoiceAge EVS v. HMD appellate ruling to the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) (March 29, 2025 ip fray article). VoiceAge EVS has won a number of standard-essential patent (SEP) cases against HMD, not…
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USPTO divisions’ clash over Apple patent invalidation decision undermines “integrity and consistency”, patentee alleges
A petition filed by Proxense against Apple has uncovered an inconsistency in results on substantially similar issues and the same underlying facts between decisions by the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and fellow internal division, the Central Reexamination Unit.
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Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: France’s Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPs
Malikie, which bought a substantial part of Blackberry’s non-core patent portfolio in 2023, breached its FRAND obligations when it sued Vantiva for patent infringement, the complainant has alleged.
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Apple will appeal $110 million damages order in U.S. 3G patent infringement dispute
Apple has said it will appeal a jury verdict that found the company infringed a 3G wireless patent owned by Spanish firm TOT Power Control, and owes it over $110 million in damages.
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BREAKING: UK Supreme Court grants Tesla’s petition to appeal dismissal of Avanci-InterDigital FRAND pool rate case
Context: Last year, Mr Justice [Timothy] Fancourt of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) showed some sympathy for Tesla’s desire to obtain a UK FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) determination against the entire Avanci 5G standard-essential patent (SEP) pool, but ultimately dismissed the complaint (July 18, 2024 ip fray article)….
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Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of Texas
Xockets has filed two parallel patent infringement suits against Amazon, alleging that the tech giant has “willfully trampled” on its IP to achieve “staggering profits” from its cloud computing products.
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U.S. Senate cuts Tillis proposed litigation funding tax bill from larger legislative package
The Senate’s referee, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Thom Tillis’s proposed “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act” will need to be removed from the Republican tax and spending bill, the same day the U.S. Senator opposed President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ and confirmed he will not seek re-election in 2026.
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Podcast: interview with ETSI director-general Jan Ellsberger on focus beyond telecoms, including AI, quantum
The European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent not-for-profit body dedicated to ICT standardization that addresses market needs expressed by more than 900 ETSI members located in well over 60 countries around the world, while at the same time developing standards in support of the EU legislation. On the occasion of the recording of…