Category: Licensors and/or Licensees
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Redacted judgment shows Huawei overcomplied with its FRAND licensing obligation in (settled) Amazon dispute
Context: In December it became known that the Munich I Regional Court entered a WiFi 6 standard-essential patent (SEP) injunction against Amazon at the end of a trial (December 26, 2023 ip fray article). The written decision was provided in February, and the dispute was settled, through a global patent license agreement, shortly thereafter (March…
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Nokia asserting 5 patents against Verifone: 3 in Munich, 2 in Mannheim, leveraging the ‘103 serial winner
Context: Nokia has filed standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement against payment terminal provider Verifone (previous ip fray article). What’s new: This is a follow-up to the previous article as the patents-in-suit have become known. Direct impact: Verifone is unlikely to avoid being held to infringe: two of the patents-in-suit have previously won Nokia injunctions in Germany…
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Nokia files 4G/5G patent infringement actions against payment terminal maker Verifone in UPC, Germany
Fresh off the heels from the license deals that settled Nokia’s long-running disputes with OPPO and vivo, a major payment terminal maker that appears to be an unwilling licensee after several years of negotiations has now been sued. Of the last 250+ license deals that Nokia concluded, less than 3% required enforcement action.
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Huawei signs patent license agreements with Amazon (after Munich court win) and vivo (without any litigation)
Huawei has just made two simultaneous announcements of patent (cross-)license agreements that, together with court rulings on FRAND defenses serve to validate its license terms.
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Ericsson refutes false claim by EU Parliament rapporteur Walsmann in plenary debate on SEPs—and there’s more
Marion Walsmann MEP, the EU Parliament’s rapporteur on the standard-essential patents bill, made various claims in last week’s plenary debate that have no basis in fact. Ericsson has now refuted one false claim regarding that company’s policy positions.
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Nokia’s Lucky Seven: smartphone patent license renewal complete, presumably with Xiaomi deal
Nokia has announced the conclusion of its smartphone patent license renewal cycle, without giving the name of the 7th and latest major licensee. Xiaomi?
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Nokia and vivo settle 5G patent dispute with cross-license shortly after Nokia-OPPO deal
Just before Chinese New Year, Nokia and vivo have announced a multi-year 5G patent cross-license agreement. In terms of volume, vivo is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world.
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Netgear brings politically charged U.S. complaint against Huawei: antitrust and racketeering allegations
Netgear has brought a U.S. antitrust and racketeering complaint that is at odds with the fact that Huawei’s inbound and outbound licensing revenues are at a level.
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Nokia-OPPO 5G patent dispute settled with license agreement after more than 2.5 years and OPPO leaving Germany
The Nokia v. OPPO 5G standard-essential patent dispute is history as the parties have agreed on a global cross-license agreement that puts an end to all litigation. OPPO paid a high price by exiting the German market in 2022, but has recently scored two strategic wins in China and Germany.
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OPPO snatched victory from jaws of defeat in Federal Patent Court, may now get decisive leverage over Nokia
The Federal Patent Court of Germany initially deemed OPPO’s EP3445093 invalid, but after a 180-degree turnaround yesterday the patent poses a clear and present injunctive threat to Nokia’s German business. A German injunction could bring about a settlement at long last.