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ZTE sues Oppo in China as licensing push gains momentum

The patentee is targeting several other Chinese companies in domestic courts

Key Delhi decision imminent as Nokia suffers Oppo dispute setback in India

High Court rejects Finnish company’s application for interim payments

Auto SEP owners could see licensing fees shrink in China if new guidelines are enforced

Document which seeks to change rules to ‘license to all’ approach arms implementors with potential bargaining chip

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Via Licensing ending wireless patent pool to double down on audio codec programmes

The development leaves Sisvel as the only mobile devices patent pool on the market, and the company is throwing open its doors to former Via licensors

27 April 2022

How the UPC will reshape European FRAND/SEP strategies

Standard essential patent owners face an even more complicated set of IP dilemmas with the Unified Patent Court

26 April 2022

Dealing with 5G disappointment

The latest wireless standard hasn’t yet found its ‘killer app’ for consumers, and it’s affecting licensing negotiations

23 April 2022

We'll keep buying 5G SEPs to complement our in-house R&D, Oppo CIPO says

Adler Feng, who was recently named the Chinese smartphone company's Chief IP Officer, talks about the differences between the 4G and 5G licensing environments

22 April 2022

We never start a fight but are never afraid of one either, says Oppo’s CIPO

IP head Adler Feng says a difference in views over the value 5G brings each sides’ products sits at the centre of its patent dispute with Nokia

21 April 2022

Nokia, Oppo dig in for big decisions in global patent battle

The litigation state of play across nine jurisdictions in Europe and Asia as the two parties compete for leverage in re-negotiation of SEP deal

15 April 2022

UK InterDigital v Lenovo decision could be pivotal for global SEP strategies

The High Court of England and Wales will soon hand down a judgment from its second ever full FRAND trial

12 April 2022

Sisvel strikes cellular SEP deal with Vivo

The licensing company’s mobile communications chief, David Muus, speaks to IAM about the latest in a string of deals involving 2G, 3G and 4G patents

11 April 2022

Now is not the time for the EU to fiddle with FRAND

In connectivity, Europe currently enjoys a level of technology security that it would be unwise to imperil with a needless redesign of the SEP licensing regime

09 April 2022

The pressure is on Kathi Vidal as she finally takes charge of the USPTO

After her long-awaited Senate confirmation, the agency’s new director has plenty on her plate and some unavoidably controversial decisions to make

07 April 2022

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