Brazil and Colombia have become increasingly attractive venues for standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past 12 months, Brazil has become a particularly popular venue for major international patent infringement disputes. In some of those cases, such as ZTE v. Samsung<\/em>, the courts also awarded the patentee a preliminary injunction (PI) (February 13, 2025 ip fray<\/strong> article<\/a>). Last month, it was revealed that DivX and Hisense struck a video patent licensing agreement that was owed exclusively to a PI that had been awarded by the 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro (February 11, 2025 ip fray<\/strong> article<\/a>). And, earlier in February, InterDigital also filed one of its three SEP lawsuits against Disney in the Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) State Court (February 3, 2025 ip fray<\/strong> article<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Colombia was another jurisdiction (as well as Brazil) that Lenovo used to thwart Ericsson\u2019s patent enforcement case against it \u2013 successfully. Ericsson had initially obtained a PI against Lenovo in Colombia in December 2023, but, in February 2024, the courts denied Ericsson an anti-antisuit injunction (February 1, 2024 ip fray<\/strong> article<\/a>). Ericsson has since appealed against that decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a podcast episode released yesterday, we had the chance to discuss the opportunities for both patentees and licensees in those Latin American jurisdictions with litigators from both Brazil and Colombia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n