Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP Dealmakers
The need for greater transparency in the value of standards, a debate on the increasing use of AI in patent litigation claims, and geopolitical considerations in IP enforcement were among the highlights of the first and second days of the third annual IP Dealmakers in London this week.
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UK appeals court permanently stays Acer, ASUS FRAND cases against Nokia: arbitration acceptable; no more FRAND trial
The Court of Appeal of England & Wales has largely overruled a decision by the High Court of Justice and stayed the proceedings. The two computer makers overplayed their hand.
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Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involved
Malikie has filed parallel patent infringement suits against Hyundai and Honda asserting Wi-Fi SEPs and other patents relating to connected-vehicle technologies, while emphasizing lengthy but unsuccessful FRAND licensing discussions prior to litigation.
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UPC proposes terms for ZTE-Samsung cross-license: $640M for 5 years, $730M for 6; consistent with Chongqing, Munich; otherwise PMAC mediation
The Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division makes two settlement proposals with different contract terms and alternatively suggests mediation by the UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre.
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Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysis
A redacted version of the full Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate judgment has become available over the weekend. Here you can find an English machine translation and a Chinese author’s personal take.
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Appeals court upholds Nokia’s Brazilian AVC SEP injunction against ASUS, throws out part of expert report with implications for Acer case
ASUS hoped to get Nokia’s Brazilian preliminary injunction lifted by an appeals court, but the PI remains in force and an expert report favoring ASUS’s cause has been deemed unreliable. That also affects a case against Acer.
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Munich I Regional Court judgment says ZTE could have demanded up to $798.6M from Samsung; court proposes $640M (5-year) settlement
In record time, the Munich I Regional Court has handed down a detailed judgment further to last Thursday’s ZTE v. Samsung bench ruling. It also explains some of the German court’s disagreements with its UK counterpart.
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Ericsson wants “problem-solving, not posturing”: arbitration offer as safe harbor against “court-manufactured” interim licenses
Ericsson is a major SEP holder, but also licenses other companies’ patents for its network infrastructure products. Is head of patent assertions advocates a balanced, symmetrical approach where arbitration remains voluntary but its rejection precludes interim licenses.
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UPC Mannheim hearing went very well for InterDigital — Disney highly likely to be enjoined (as predicted by ip fray) on June 16
Based on an agenda-setting order ahead of the hearing and an analysis of patent claim terms, ip fray had already deduced that today’s hearing was going to be an uphill battle for Disney. And that’s what it was.
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An interview with NTT’s Chief IP Strategist Shunsuke Sakai
Mr. Sakai talks to ip fray about how he has been actively exploring broader monetization paths and new deal structures beyond traditional licensing to create value from NTT’s portfolio. “We don’t wait until an issue escalates to get organized,” he emphasizes.