Category: United Kingdom
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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
A 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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BREAKING: Huawei has 5G patent license deal with Tesla — inadvertent disclosure by InterDigital counsel at UK Supreme Court hearing
InterDigital’s barrister has just uniquely identified the previously unknown Avanci 5G licensor who has a direct license deal in place with Tesla as “the single biggest licensor”.
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SEP holders can deprive Tesla’s pursuit of judicial FRAND rate-setting for patent pools of any basis if they want
Tesla’s pursuit of a UK judicial determination on the FRAND rate for a patent pool hangs by a thread: it depends on SEP holders’ positions in licensing and litigation.
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Tesla tells UKSC it shouldn’t have to do what much smaller companies like Doro, Emporia, Nothing can do — and relies on SME astroturfers
The UK Supreme Court started its 2.5-day Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci hearing today. Tesla’s case for a UK determination of pool rates has fundamental shortcomings, which would pose challenges even if it got a UK trial.
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Will UK Supreme Court go from Unwired to Unhinged? Radical judicial imperialists form majority of panel in Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci
The deck appears stacked against reasonableness, but hopefully the outcome will be better than the historic positions of the panel majority suggest. Otherwise the UK will come under a lot more pressure than it can sustain.
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English appeals court presses Acer, ASUS on refusal to arbitrate Nokia licensing terms; UPC’s PMAC mentioned as one option
Computer makers Acer and ASUS have a credibility problem with respect to their willingness to take a FRAND license. Nokia’s only problem is the state of English SEP case law.
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Video streamers back Tesla against InterDigital, Avanci, as UKSC gears up for end of April pool rate determination hearing
The UK Supreme Court is due to hear Tesla’s pool rate determination case against InterDigital and Avanci from April 27 to April 29. Today, it added The Fair Standards Alliance, ACT | The App Association, The Motion Picture Association, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, and the International Center for Law & Economics as intervenors…
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60% of global economy shares UPC Mannheim LD’s concerns over judicial overreach; UK accounts for 3%, but wants to dictate FRAND to everyone
The UK judiciary is increasingly isolated on the global map of patent litigation. Instead of finding its place as a reasonable jurisdiction that renders opinions of persuasive value, it is digging itself an ever deeper hole.
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Optis asks Judge Gilstrap for re-re-retrial against Apple — preferably with JMOL on infringement — after recent adverse verdict
Optis is trying a new tack as its looks to revive its damages claim against Apple.