Category: Standard-Essential Patents
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EU Commission may have to bring WTO complaint against UK: appeals court says Lenovo may get interim license from Ericsson, schedules urgent hearing for February 18
An order by the England & Wales Court of Appeal says Lenovo has “real prospects” of securing a interim license against Ericsson, which could give rise to an EU-UK trade dispute.
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LexisNexis launches 5G SEP owner data cleaning initiative, aims to reduce “systemic bias”
The firm has partnered with over 30 of the top 5G patent-holding companies to launch its “Cellular Verified” initiative, which seeks to “clean” an increasingly self-declared and “inherently inconsistent” ETSI database.
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European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPs
China has empowered its courts to set binding worldwide royalty rates for EU SEPs without the consent of their patent owners, giving Chinese manufacturers cheaper access to those European technologies unfairly, the European Commission has alleged.
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Amazon’s ploy to derail ITC proceedings, and update on Amazon’s and Lenovo’s efforts to overturn or narrow Nokia’s and Ericsson’s preliminary wins
The ITC has finalized its decision in one Ericsson-Lenovo case while it has not decided on the exact scope of its review in another. Amazon is hoping to overturn or narrow Nokia’s win.
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Europe has “one foot in the morgue”: Nokia and Ericsson to hold EU innovation summit today, call on withdrawal of “harmful” SEP regulation
The event marks the first time Nokia and Ericsson have come together to organize and drive an initiative like this, which will highlight how Europe’s tech sector has “one foot in the morgue”, lagging those of China and the U.S., as well as how reforms such as the 5G Security Toolbox are “critical” for economic…
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Avago (Broadcom) actually won the UPC’s first-ever anti-antisuit injunction, paved the way for the Huawei v. Netgear AASI that came down two days later
Not only three but even four attempts to derail German (in two cases also UPC) patent enfrocement actions through U.S. antisuit injunctions have failed in recent years.
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BREAKING: Qualcomm settles with China’s Transsion (Africa’s smartphone market leader): Indian patent lawsuit withdrawn
A Qualcomm v. Transsion lawsuit was withdrawn in India, suggesting a settlement. Transsion is a Chinese company whose various brands collectively have indisputable leadership in the African smartphone market.
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Nokia strikes another patent license deal (renewal) with Samsung: first 5G, now video technologies implemented in TVs
Two years after a 5G patent license agreement, Nokia has now also licensed its video codec patents to Samsung for its TVs.
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Avanci responds to Chinese study on automotive SEP license fees: “numerous inaccuracies”
Context: Commonly, when Avanci announces something, it involves new licensors or licensees (see, e.g., this October 9, 2024 ip fray article). Avanci’s automotive pool covers a very high percentage of all 4G and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs), and most of the market (which for 5G depends on whether companies are already implementing it) is licensed….
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Public version of Nokia v. Amazon ITC ruling in multimedia SEP case holds e-commerce giant responsible for unlicensed status
The public redacted version of a trade judge’s December 2024 ruling shows that Amazon was far from prevailing over Nokia on a FRAND defense.