Organisation: Ericsson

Ericsson, Samsung sold base station equipment behind Verizon’s $847M verdict

Winning patent holder General Access Solutions proved infringement of 5G patents and its lawyer warns of massive implications for other wireless carriers and base station suppliers

05 July 2024

New NPE NovaCloud to license 152 former Ericsson patent assets

The global portfolio of 40 patent families covers cloud computing and data centre technology and potential licensees include Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, IBM, Oracle and Salesforce

19 June 2024

Analysis shows big telecom licensors’ 5G rates may be lower than expected

Nokia and Ericsson announced headline 5G royalty rates, but economists estimate the agreements they entered with Apple saw them charging similar rates to 4G

19 June 2024

Ericsson wins largest-ever Indian patent litigation damages award in SEP dispute against Lava

The Delhi High Court has highlighted the importance of meaningful FRAND negotiations in its ruling that Indian smartphone brand Lava could not use the doctrine-of-exhaustion defence. Now that Lava has appealed and the court has set up a confidentiality club, the patent community is watching keenly to see how this dispute will play out.

22 May 2024

Sweden hesitant to implement stricter criminal liability provisions for employees despite broadening threat landscape

Featured in Trade Secrets Hub 2024

Following an Ericsson corporate espionage case and amid changing security dynamics in Europe, there are calls for stronger provisions to protect companies against unauthorised attacks on trade secrets. However, introducing such legislation is proving challenging as it requires striking a fair balance between trade secret protection and other fundamental rights.

15 May 2024

5G SEP report raises key questions over EU’s proposed essentiality checks

GreyB report underlines concerns over costs of EU’s essentiality checks on innovation ecosystem

10 May 2024

Ericsson fails to get Lenovo’s global FRAND rate case thrown out of UK Court

High Court judge rejects challenge to Chinese company’s FRAND declaration and injunction claims

24 April 2024

High-profile investigations at the ITC indicate its growing popularity as a forum for obtaining injunctive relief

Featured in SEP/FRAND Hub 2023/2024

Amid the hesitancy of US district courts to issue injunctions and the country’s evolving SEP policies, the ITC is playing a key part in SEP holders’ litigation strategies in the United States due to the availability of exclusion orders and expansive discovery.

19 April 2024

Nokia Technologies top line soars on the back of 5G renewals

Huge growth in licensing net sales buoys the company’s books as patent division turns attention to new verticals

18 April 2024

UK global FRAND rate dispute settles at eleventh hour

Kigen v Thales, the English courts’ first ever implementer-led SEP rate-setting dispute, has been resolved just days before trial

12 April 2024