Category: Patents
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Federal judge’s preliminary assessment: Samsung’s U.S. case against ZTE over FRAND may very well be thrown out
Context: In an unprecedented brute-force play, Samsung is presently pursuing FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) claims over ZTE’s standard-essential patents (SEPs) in (at minimum) four jurisdictions (June 20, 2025 ip fray article). The third venue where such a filing showed up is the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (March…
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Another UK decision on FRAND procedures, another opportunity missed to depart from judicial imperialism: MediaTek v. Huawei
Context: With decisions such as the recent interim-license declaration in Samsung v. ZTE (June 25, 2025 ip fray article; follow-up: June 27, 2025 ip fray article), UK FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) case law has reached the point where any jurisdiction other than the UK is by definition inferior and untrustworthy. Contorted rationales are presented to…
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Pantech launches U.S. 4G SEP enforcement campaign: files ITC complaint, sues TCL, HMD, OnePlus, Lenovo, Tinno
The campaign, which targets the same four patents in the same U.S. district court, was filed shortly after the Korean firm was granted Japanâs first-ever injunction in a FRAND-related case.
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Two Chinese SEP injunctions in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD â implementer failed to comply with FRAND
Context: HMD recently withdrew its EU antitrust complaint against VoiceAge EVS (May 5, 2025 ip fray article) and previously appealed a German VoiceAge EVS v. HMD appellate ruling to the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) (March 29, 2025 ip fray article). VoiceAge EVS has won a number of standard-essential patent (SEP) cases against HMD, not…
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USPTO divisionsâ clash over Apple patent invalidation decision undermines âintegrity and consistencyâ, patentee alleges
A petition filed by Proxense against Apple has uncovered an inconsistency in results on substantially similar issues and the same underlying facts between decisions by the United States Patent & Trademark Officeâs Patent Trial and Appeal Board and fellow internal division, the Central Reexamination Unit.
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Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: Franceâs Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPs
Malikie, which bought a substantial part of Blackberryâs non-core patent portfolio in 2023, breached its FRAND obligations when it sued Vantiva for patent infringement, the complainant has alleged.
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Apple will appeal $110 million damages order in U.S. 3G patent infringement dispute
Apple has said it will appeal a jury verdict that found the company infringed a 3G wireless patent owned by Spanish firm TOT Power Control, and owes it over $110 million in damages.
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BREAKING: UK Supreme Court grants Tesla’s petition to appeal dismissal of Avanci-InterDigital FRAND pool rate case
Context: Last year, Mr Justice [Timothy] Fancourt of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) showed some sympathy for Tesla’s desire to obtain a UK FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) determination against the entire Avanci 5G standard-essential patent (SEP) pool, but ultimately dismissed the complaint (July 18, 2024 ip fray article).…
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Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of Texas
Xockets has filed two parallel patent infringement suits against Amazon, alleging that the tech giant has âwillfully trampledâ on its IP to achieve âstaggering profitsâ from its cloud computing products.
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Podcast: interview with ETSI director-general Jan Ellsberger on focus beyond telecoms, including AI, quantum
The European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent not-for-profit body dedicated to ICT standardization that addresses market needs expressed by more than 900 ETSI members located in well over 60 countries around the world, while at the same time developing standards in support of the EU legislation. On the occasion of the recording of…