Category: Lenovo
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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.
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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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Munich I Regional Court chastised Lenovo for “hold-out tactics” and declined to recognize UK FRAND determination
InterDigital’s licensing chief has quoted certain passages of the Munich I Regional Court’s recent InterDigital v. Lenovo judgment that reflect unfavorably on Lenovo’s refusal to take a license.
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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.
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Ericsson says other phone makers accepted its 1% (capped at $4 per unit) 5G standard-essential patent royalty
Context: In February, Judges Terrence Boyle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina denied an antisuit injunction motion by Lenovo and its Motorola Mobility subsidiary that would have barred Ericsson from the enforcement of various Latin American standard-essential patent (SEP) injunctions (February 15, 2024 ip fray article). Lenovo appealed…