Context:
- Samsung is pursuing “scattershot” FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing) and antitrust claims in multiple jurisdictions against ZTE (March 3, 2025 ip fray article):
- UK (ZTE won a key appeal: October 31, 2025 ip fray article),
- Germany (antitrust trial scheduled for February 4, 2026), and
- the United States (might be dismissed: November 7, 2025 ip fray article), plus
- a complaint with standard-setting organization ETSI (meanwhile withdrawn: October 16, 2025 ip fray article).
- ZTE brought a FRAND determination in China, where a decision could come down any moment.
- Other litigants still tend to focus on a single venue, but Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is the next Samsung:
- Its Brazilian declaratory judgment (DJ) action was practically defeated by Nokia winning the race to the courthouse, even if only by 66 seconds (November 2, 2025 ip fray article).
- In the UK, WBD obtained an antisuit injunction against Nokia (December 1, 2025 ip fray article).
- And it turns out WBD still wasn’t done raising such claims against Nokia:
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Court and counsel
United States District Judge Gregory B. Williams is presiding over the Delaware proceedings.
Nokia’s counsel
Out-of-state counsel: McKool Smith’s Warren Lipschitz, Erik Fountain, Alexander J. Chern, Kyra Cooper, R. Mitch Verboncoeur and Joshua Budwin.
Local Delaware counsel: Farnan LLP’s Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan.
WBD’s counsel
Out-of-state counsel: Haynes and Boone’s Jason T. Lao, Kenneth G. Parker, David Z. Kahn, Kamden Segawa, Kayla Shojai, Brian C. Kwok, and Tiffany Cooke.
Local Delaware counsel: Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell’s Jennifer Ying.