Category: United Kingdom
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UK court joins UPC Mannheim in Amazon-Interdigital de-escalation pending appeal — but UK-UPC peace is fragile given what was said today
All eyes are now on the UPC CoA, but the UK court would actually like InterDigital to concede the appeal.
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UPC panel warns requesting expedited UK FRAND trials may trigger sanctions: part II of InterDigital v. Amazon coverage
This is a follow-up to our previous report on a highly instructive UPC hearing in Mannheim.
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Nokia pulls a Huawei against Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount: prepared to grant interim license
This now the second interim-license case (actually, a pair of cases) in which a SEP holder turns an implementer-filed UK FRAND action into a boomerang.
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Ultimate showdown: UPC presumes Amazon is in breach of injunction, gives until Friday to back down; meanwhile, Disney may be settling with InterDigital
Amazon reserves the right to seek damages from InterDigital if no global license is granted on UK-determined terms. The UPC’s Mannheim LD is not prepared to accept this.
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Amazon’s mistake against InterDigital was to bet on the UK instead of the U.S., ignoring the 20-80 rule and the legacy of its home district
The UPC-UK “showdown” involving Amazon and InterDigital is approaching fast. Something must give, and a settlement may be out of reach at this stage.
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UPC summons Amazon, InterDigital to hearing on short notice: friction with UK FRAND action and language of proceedings on agenda
Amazon’s pursuit of UK court rulings bound to interfere with property rights enforceable in the territories of UPC contracting member states continues to create interjurisdictional friction.
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New Munich presiding judge advises SEP implementers to carve out Germany from UK license requests, makes other FRAND remarks at ZTE v. Samsung trial
This ZTE v. Samsung trial was the Presiding Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht’s first FRAND hearing since returning to the Munich I Regional Court and taking over the 21st Civil Chamber.
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Apple’s Texas trial win over Optis has implications for UK Supreme Court hearing in June/July: 500M-300M-zero
The question of how to reconcile a global FRAND rate set in the UK (including for past use) with a U.S. damages award is now a non-issue.
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UPC’s stern warning has Amazon concerned, already impacts UK court’s case management, but Amazon may have to backtrack to greater extent
The UPC’s forceful order on the eve of today’s UK hearing definitely made an impact, but the risk of escalation has not gone away yet.