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Exclusive: LG Electronics sues Vivo in India in 4G, 5G SEP spat

Korean giant’s lawsuit follows 50 unsuccessful hearings before mediators

Prospect of European SEP regulation looms large in US policy debate

During a recent Washington DC event, SEP holders and standards implementers clashed about the European Commission’s draft proposal – and how the US should respond

Innovator-implementer divide revealed to US policymakers considering IP, standards strategy

Standards contributors stressed their heavy reliance on licensing income while product manufacturers expressed frustration at the difficulty of calculating total SEP licensing costs

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Oppo injuncted after refusing to accept UK court's global FRAND rate

Nokia has notched up another sales ban against the Chinese device maker in Europe

11 September 2023

Ericsson and Huawei show how cooperation drives the connectivity patent world

The cross-licensing deal announced by the two companies last week came just days after a piece in the Financial Times which painted the picture of a complex system “defined by vicious litigation”

31 August 2023

BlackBerry sued for refusal to pay its own IP advisors in 32,000-patent sale

Tech+IP Advisory alleges it spent ‘thousands of hours’ from May 2020 to March 2023 on selling the huge portfolio yet $1.3 million invoice unpaid

29 August 2023

Oppo counteroffensive against Nokia suffers another EPO setback

Several of the Chinese company’s patents have suffered adverse decisions or preliminary decisions at the Opposition Division

28 August 2023

BREAKING: Ericsson and Huawei strike SEP cross-licence deal

The agreement proves there is no need for third-party weigh-in on SEP negotiations, says Huawei’s Emil Zhang

25 August 2023

u-blox loses antitrust claim against InterDigital in cellular SEP licensing dispute

The US Department of Justice antitrust division under the Trump Administration had intervened in the pair’s 2019 dispute but did not make its voice heard in this year’s lawsuit

17 August 2023

Avanci’s 5G licensing platform is a very big deal

The new programme delivers significant value to automakers and their customers, while demonstrating to policy makers that the market knows how to build solutions that work

17 August 2023

BREAKING: Avanci launches 5G programme with Huawei on board, and Mercedes-Benz as first licensee

New offering already boasts more patentees than the 4G platform and offers a reduced rate for early adopters

16 August 2023

Patent seller defeats claims by York Eggleston IV's Slingshot over failed Orange portfolio purchase

The dispute between failed purchaser Slingshot Technologies, new buyer Acacia Research Group, and patent seller Transpacific IP Group involves allegations of trade secret misappropriation

09 August 2023

Examining the data behind Qualcomm’s US patent litigation track record

Docket Navigator data shows the firm has a good record defending its patents in the PTAB with a 52% full and partial win rate

07 August 2023

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