Context: Chinese automaker BYD has grown from a few hundred thousand cars in its first year to 5.5 million cars in only a few years. But it has yet to license 4G and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs). Apparently some SEP holders are no longer prepared to put up with infringement. Sol IP, a Korean licensing firm with a U.S. legal entity, has sued BYD in the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court) (February 19, 2025 ip fray article), as has Japan’s IP Bridge (March 11, 2025 ip fray article). Initially, those were mere damages complaints without prayer for injunctive relief.
What’s new: We have just found out that IP Bridge has added requests for permanent injunctions to both of its Munich cases against BYD.
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