lawsuits in Germany and other countries. However, the company and its litigation representatives did not comment on the lawsuits to JUVE Patent. First major SEP battle Until now, owners of mobile
InterDigital could recently celebrate two successes in its ongoing dispute with multiple mobile phone manufacturers. After the Federal Patent Court upheld a SEP with restrictions, the Munich Regional
Court has leaned more towards protecting SEP owners’ interests by granting interim security orders during the pendency of litigation. Last year, the court issued similar relief to Nokia against Oppo
Context: Last month we were first to find out about Avanci licensor Sol IP’s standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement action against Chinese automaker BYD in the Landgericht München I (Munich I
Context: Before ZTE brought any standard-essential patent (SEP) infringement action against Samsung, the latter fired the first shot by bringing a FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory
the UK High Court in SEP and FRAND actions. The UK High Court has now made one of the first important decisions in the global dispute. In July 2023, after years of negotiations, the Japanese
Context: For some time, ASUSTeK was only seen as a defendant to standard-essential patent (SEP) infringement lawsuits. It presently is on the receiving end of SEP enforcement actions by Ericsson
Context: Standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation is a field that sparks extraordinary creativity. The proposed EU SEP Regulation has been withdrawn ,but some implementers of standards have
Context: Earlier this month, Lenovo reached a settlement of with InterDigital, in the sense of an agreement to resolve their standard-essential patent (SEP) and non-SEP dispute through binding
(SEP) case law (January 20, 2025 ip fray article). The first one started with a so-called request for consultations in February 2022 (PDF). Earlier this month, we broke the news that the EC lost the