Category: Ericsson
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Ericsson wins Brazilian SEP appeal against Lenovo: preliminary injunction upheld
In the global dispute with Lenovo over (mostly) 5G standard-essential patent licensing,. Ericsson has scored a key win as a Brazilian appeals court upheld a preliminary injunction.
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Lenovo wants Federal Circuit to make antisuit ruling that would expose U.S. to WTO complaint over interference with foreign IP
At today’s Federal Circuit hearing, Lenovo advocated a highly permissive standard for U.S. antisuit injunctions concerning foreign SEP enforcement.
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UPC tosses Lenovo’s SEP injunction bids against Ericsson: undue delay, “clear-cut case” — and it has to do with LatAm PIs
The Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division has denied parallel requests by Lenovo’s Motorola Mobility to amend its complaints against Ericsson for the purpose of pursuing injunctive relief.
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Ericsson and OPPO announce license deal while InterDigital unconvincingly attempts to explain away its UK FRAND defeat
Ericsson announces a multi-year license agreement with OPPO, a company against which InterDigital continues to litigate. InterDigital tries to explain away its UK defeat, but the damage is done.
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Lenovo’s major UK win over InterDigital: chart and further analysis
Friday’s UK appellate ruling awards InterDigital a per-unit royalty from Lenovo that amounts to only 45% of what it was seeking.
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$847 million patent verdict against Verizon; Ericsson on extended receiving end of $583M part, fighting patent at PTAB jointly with Nokia
Context: Hardly a month passes without a non-practicing entity (NPE) obtaining a patent damages verdict in the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. district court (May 11, 2024 ip fray article). What’s new: On Friday (June 28, 2024), a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded NPE General Access Solutions $847 million over…
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Lenovo loses UK preliminary injunction bid against Ericsson
Mrs Justice Bacon of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales declined to grant Lenovo antisuit relief against Ericsson’s Brazilian and Colombian preliminary injunctions “by the backdoor.”
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In UK proceedings, Lenovo incredibly claims it’s entitled to higher patent royalties from Ericsson than the other way round
As an indirect by-product of today’s Lenovo v. Ericsson preliminary injunction hearing in London, it became known that Lenovo now claims that it will be the net licensor when all is said and done.
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5G SEP report shows ZTE’s essentiality ratio towering above other major patentees: plausible, but essentiality ratios are snake oil
Context: Certain patent data and research firms occasionally release rankings of major standard-essential patent (SEP) holders. Different methodologies lead to different results. What’s new: A couple of weeks ago, GreyB published “Updated Findings” (PDF) relating to its 5G Essentiality Report. The top six 5G SEP holders according to GreyB account for about 60% of all…
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Lenovo’s UK-centric SEP litigation strategy against Ericsson and InterDigital exposed again by official filings
In its current SEP disputes with Ericsson and InterDigital, Lenovo consistently favors the UK over other jurisdictions, even to the point where its actions contradict its words.