EU Council keeps pushing for a revival of the EU SEP Regulation that is intended to be withdrawn (probably next month) (February 11, 2025 ip fray article). Direct impact & wider ramifications
Context: In February we were first to find out about Sol IP’s standard-essential patent (SEP) enforcement against Chinese automaker BYD in the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court
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
Context: The ink is barely dry on the first Unified Patent Court (UPC) standard-essential patent (SEP) case against Chinese automaker BYD (May 27, 2025 ip fray article). Also, there are five cases
infringing the UK designations of four of its European SEPs (UK patent numbers 1,031,192; 0,978,210; 1,797,659; and 1,878,177). The licensing company claimed it had made FRAND offers to license its SEP
Last January, the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen hit Samsung with an SEP injunction as part of the Korean company's sprawling international patent dispute with Huawei. It was just the second
Nokia has defended Qualcomm in its standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has also responded to Nokia’s arguments. District Judge Lucy Koh allowed
non-merger litigation and provides an update on the Qualcomm antitrust case. Both antitrust agencies discourage SEP injunctions but issue no formal guidance Both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the
on an "allocation of preamble sequences." For the avoidance of doubt, Nokia asserted both patents in both jurisdictions. Over those patents, Nokia won its first standard-essential patent (SEP
is also the most extensive series of SEP lawsuits at the Unified Patent Court to date. Panasonic filed a total of twelve lawsuits against both implementers at the UPC local divisions in Mannheim and