Category: InterDigital
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BREAKING: Tesla loses pool rate determination appeal against Avanci and InterDigital in UK: Lord Justice Arnold got outvoted
Lord Justice Phillips and Lady Justice Whipple voted against the panel member with the most patent-specific experience, applying common sense.
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InterDigital sues Disney (including its Hulu and ESPN subsidiaries) in U.S., UPC, Germany, Brazil over multimedia patents
InterDigital. one of the leading standard-essential patent holders, is enforcing its rights against Disney and its Hulu and ESPN subsidiaries in the latest streaming patent litigation campaign.
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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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Tesla’s UK FRAND claim against Avanci was overreaching even for a sympathetic judge
Mr Justice Fancourt of the England & Wales High Court threw out Tesla’s FRAND rate-setting claim against Avanci and an exemplary Avanci licensor, InterDigital, earlier this week.
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German judges and InterDigital effectively lobbying harder for EU SEP Regulation than auto industry and Apple
Despite having lost two rounds of rate-setting litigation in the UK against Lenovo, InterDigital is enforcing a German injunction that is irreconcilable with EU competition law and shows the broken state of German SEP case law.
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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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Lenovo defeats InterDigital in UK: FRAND rate of 22.5 cents per unit vs. 17.5 cents before, way below InterDigital’s 49 cents
While InterDigital claims victory, the numbers speak a clear langiuage: Lenovo won.
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UK appeals court unlikely to affirm InterDigital-Lenovo FRAND determination: Munich court also rejected it as unreliable
The England & Wales Court of Appeal is hearing the InterDigital-Lenovo cross-appeals this week. It appears unlikely that Mr Justice Mellor’s finding of a $0.175/unit FRAND rate will be affirmed.