Category: United Kingdom
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UK court denies Lenovo interim license in Ericsson dispute, partly dissuaded by ITC staff’s FRAND opinion, but doesn’t draw clear line
Lenovo essentially argued that the England & Wales Court of Appeal had opened the interim-license floodgates with its Xiaomi-Panasonic decision, but Mr Justice Richards disagreed.
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Is it a good idea for courts to determine patent pool rates even if a pool has already achieved market acceptance?
Before courts set patent pool rates, it bears reflecting on what that means if a pool’s terms already has been accepted by large parts of the market.
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BREAKING: New standard-essential patent dispute between ZTE and Lenovo discovered in UK
Between Lenovo and ZTE, the former would be the net licensee, so this may be not only an infringement lawsuit, but also a FRAND claim.
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Panasonic settles SEP disputes with Xiaomi, OPPO; UK interim license made major impact, FRAND determination could have been influential
The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has stayed next week’s FRAND trial(s) in Panasonic v. Xiaomi and Panasonic v. OPPO further to settlememts.
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InterDigital-Lenovo lawsuits dropped in favor of binding FRAND arbitration to set royalty rates
After various court rulings in the UK and Germany, InterDigital and Lenovo have now agreed to withdraw their lawsuits and settle their SEP dispute through binding arbitration.
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Xiaomi defeats Panasonic in UK, wins interim-license declaration that renders UPC, German proceedings waste of time and money
Xiaomi has won an unprecedented declaration of an interim license from the England & Wales Court of Appeal, practically disposing of Panasonic’s UPC and German infringement proceedings against Xiaomi.
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UK appeals court not amused: Panasonic risks appellate loss to Xiaomi or antisuit injunction plus sanctions in case of AASI
By first agreeing to have FRAND rates set by the English courts and subsequently preferring to seek leverage from UPC and German SEP injunctions, Panasonic may have outmaneuvered itself.
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Pool rate-setting by courts: various questions left to be resolved in China after SPC ruling while Tesla appeals dismissal in UK
The recent decision by the Supreme People’s Court of China in tCL v. Access Advance on pool rate-setting is narrower than it appeared at first sight. Chinese courts tend to evaluate FRAND questions multifactorially.