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New US trade secrets law a ‘potential sledgehammer’ in dispute negotiations

President can now pick out foreign entities and subject them to a series of sanctions

Report finds ‘privateers’ charging royalties 15 times that of major SEP holders

Stout’s research identifies Panasonic, Nokia and Ericsson as the biggest sellers to privateers in the past decade

InterDigital scores further Lenovo victory, while in-house lawyer avoids embargo breach reprimand

It has been another eventful week as parties await the English High Court’s global FRAND rate decision

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Nokia’s Q4 IP revenues boosted by early Microsoft licence payments

Samsung 5G royalties had not yet come into play, but the Finnish company recorded higher patent income in the final months of 2022

27 January 2023

$166.3 million infringement verdict hits AT&T over Nokia base stations

Texas-based litigation boutique Susman Godfrey represented the inventor in this suit after backing another patentee to score a multi-million-dollar verdict against Ericsson base stations

25 January 2023

Non-US companies earned 56% of US patent grants in 2022 as IBM loses top spot

Samsung took the lead, as Asia-based companies gain while American counterparts slip

24 January 2023

Ericsson set for 5G licensing push in wake of Apple settlement

Freed from its global dispute, the Swedish company is seeking to ramp up its IP revenues in the coming months

23 January 2023

BREAKING: Nokia and Samsung renew 5G patent licence agreement

Announcement comes after a wave of recent licensing activity involving the Korean smartphone maker

23 January 2023

InterDigital scores UK appeal win ahead of pivotal FRAND decision

The ruling is latest in a series of successes for the SEP owner

20 January 2023

Changed political climate may influence latest implementer v SEP licensor antitrust action

Although u-blox's litigation against InterDigital raises familiar legal arguments, questions remain about the impact of a new antitrust chief and lack of SEP/FRAND policy statement

17 January 2023