Category: Ericsson
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UPC Milan LD denies Ericsson PIs and damages security in ASUS dispute, tries to explain away massive cumulative delay
The UPC’s Milan LD denied Ericsson’s PI motions against ASUS because it was not convinced that the situation had changed during the main proceedings in a way that justified emergency relief. It also denied security for damages.
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UPC’s Hague LD allows phased “external eyes only” regime in Ericsson v. Transsion FRAND dispute
The Hague LD has allowed Ericsson to keep its comparable license agreements away from Transsion’s in-house employees for now, adopting a phased confidentiality approach that could become influential in future SEP and FRAND disputes before the UPC.
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UPC’s Lisbon LD rejects Ericsson’s attempt to render Transsion SEP suit “devoid of purpose”
The UPC’s Lisbon LD has rejected Ericsson’s attempt to strike out Transsion’s SEP injunction claims under Rules 360 and 361 RoP, holding that the existence of parallel FRAND proceedings in The Hague does not render the Lisbon action “devoid of purpose” or make the claims manifestly bound to fail.
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Ericsson shifts part of Transsion SEP fight to UPC Central Division with standalone revocation action
Ericsson has launched a standalone revocation action against a Transsion patent at the UPC’s CD Paris, creating parallel validity and infringement proceedings inside the UPC and further escalating the parties’ broader global SEP and licensing dispute.
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UPC Lisbon LD: ASUS owes Ericsson damages for six years of infringing semiconductor patent in eight countries; PI was denied in 2024
Ericsson and ASUS are embroiled in multijurisdictional litigation. The most important showdown so far will be a preliminary injunction hearing to be held by the UPC’s Milan LD on Friday.
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Ericsson wants “problem-solving, not posturing”: arbitration offer as safe harbor against “court-manufactured” interim licenses
Ericsson is a major SEP holder, but also licenses other companies’ patents for its network infrastructure products. Is head of patent assertions advocates a balanced, symmetrical approach where arbitration remains voluntary but its rejection precludes interim licenses.
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Milan LD’s handling of Ericsson-ASUS cases does nothing to encourage patentees to file in non-German UPC venues
If high-stakes cases in rapidly-evolving industries take more than 27 months from docketing to hearing, it will be hard for a less popular UPC division to compete with the top four or five venues.
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A closer look at Transsion’s SEP situation: the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker is stirring Chinese market
Transsion is dominating African and Southeast Asian markets and is now embroiled in several major disputes with SEP licensing giants. Last week, it filed its first-ever publicly-known patent infringement complaint in response to a major campaign initiated by Ericsson.
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BREAKING: Transsion escalates Ericsson patent litigation in UPC, files its first-ever public patent infringement complaint
Transsion has sued Ericsson in the Unified Patent Court’s Lisbon Local Division over the infringement of one of its patents, marking its first-ever publicly-known patent infringement complaint.