Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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UK government proposes SEP measures such as rate-setting procedure, seeks input
The UK Intellectual Property Office has invited stakeholders from across the SEP ecosystem to submit views and evidence on proposed SEP measures by October 7, 2025.
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NPE launches WiFi 6 patent enforcement campaign (11 suits): SEPs formerly owned by ZTE, NXP, Marvell asserted against Acer, ASUSTek, LG, HP, Lenovo
Velocity Communication Technologies, LLC, which owns a portfolio of WiFi 6 standard-essential patents formerly owned by ZTE, Marvell Technology and NXP Semiconductors, has filed 11 complaints in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging “malicious” and “deliberate” patent infringement.
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At ZTE v. Samsung hearing, Munich I Regional Court gives new FRAND guidance, rejects security focus of UK and Munich appeals courts
Context: What’s new: The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber held a FRAND hearing today relating to certain infringement actions that are part of the wider ZTE-Samsung dispute. Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen (“Schön” in German) sealed the courtroom for the case-specific matters, which in the impression of third-party observers are going better for…
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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 Japan’s first-ever injunction in a FRAND-related case.
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Two Chinese SEP injunctions in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD — 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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Malikie sees first pushback in global BlackBerry patent enforcement campaign: France’s Vantiva seeks FRAND declaration over WiFi SEPs
Malikie, which bought a substantial part of Blackberry’s 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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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)….