Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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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…
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“Game changer” Pantech-Google FRAND ruling could open up Japan’s SEP enforcement landscape
Pantech’s victory in an SEP dispute against Google in the Tokyo District Court shows Japan is shifting its judicial approach to FRAND and injunctive relief.
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Samsung fails to end ZTE patent dispute with UK interim license: all cases carry on regardless of judicial imperialism
Context: On Wednesday, the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) demonstrated that when it comes to standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes, the UK judiciary considers all jurisdictions equal — but itself more equal. Therefore, Samsung obtained a declaration of an entitlement to an interim license to ZTE’s SEPs, despite ZTE having offered one,…
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Nokia sues ASUS in India in addition to cases pending in U.S., UPC, Germany and Brazil: previously did so against Acer, Hisense
Nokia has recently stepped up its patent enforcement campaigns against Acer and Hisense with Indian lawsuits. Now it has done so against ASUS, too.
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EWHC holds Samsung entitled to interim license from ZTE: UK courts deem themselves more equal than other jurisdictions
As expected, the High Court of Justice for England & Wales has held that Samsung is entitled to an interim license from ZTE, but the decision raises serious issues.
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French ministry, national standards bodies oppose Apple-Google front’s ETSI membership: ACT proved unreliable by gun-jumping
Context: Four days ago we reported that Apple front ACT | The App Association, which would be more appropriately called ACT | The Apple Association (or, as of recent, ACT | The Apple-Google Association), jumped the gun by announcing its membership in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) though it is actually up to ETSI’s…
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Samsung brings FRAND claim against ZTE in 4th jurisdiction: counterclaim in Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division
After bringing standalone FRAND/SEP actions in the UK, Germany and the United States, Samsung has now also brought a FRAND counterclaim in the UPC.
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Clearing up misconceptions about OPPO-Volkswagen patent license agreement: it merely proves Avanci’s flexibility
The only noteworthy aspect of the OPPO-Volkswagen patent license is that it shows Avanci members can enter into bilateral agreements even after signing up.
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Apple-funded astroturfers caught LYING about organization’s ETSI membership: ACT | The App(le) Association
ACT | The App(le) Association claims to be an ETSI member. It is not. Certainly not for months to come and not necessarily thereafter.
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SEP holders push back against calls for withdrawal of withdrawal of EU SEP Regulation
The EU SEP Regulation is headed for its formal withdrawal, but there still is some wrangling behind the scenes that keeps lobbyists busy.