Chinese firms Huawei, ZTE lose patent appeal cases at UK Supreme Court
29 August, 2020
Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE over mobile data patent disputes.
The disputes centre on the licensing of patented technology considered essential to mobile telecoms. The patents are designed to ensure fair competition and usage of technology like 4G.
In the first case, Unwired Planet, an intellectual property company that licenses patents, had brought legal action against Huawei for infringement of five UK patents that Unwired acquired from Ericsson.
The second appeal concerned legal action brought by another patent licensing company, Conversant Wireless, against Huawei and ZTE for infringement of four of its UK patents.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld lower court rulings on the cases and dismissed appeals by Huawei and ZTE.
In a statement, Conversant said the ruling was a landmark judgment that may have “significant implications worldwide” for telecommunications patent licensing.
The ruling meant that companies like Huawei cannot insist that patent holders like Conversant prove their patents atlanta divorce attorneys jurisdiction of the world, which will be “both practically and economically prohibitive,” the company added.
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