LONDON (UK) – Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously dismissed appeals filed by China’s Huawei and ZTE in patent disputes regarding mobile data technology with Unwired Planet International and Conversant Wireless.
The first appeal was regarding a lawsuit by Unwired against Huawei for violating five UK patents, which it had acquired from Ericsson and were said to be essential in mobile telecoms.
Earlier, an English court had ruled that two of the patents were “valid and essential”. In a subsequent trial, it was found that Unwired’s licence terms were justified and enforceable.
The second appeal was about action by Conversant against Huawei and ZTE for infringing four of its UK patents acquired from Nokia. They were related to LTE standards used by 4G handsets.
Huawei and ZTE argued that English Courts had no jurisdiction to make rulings on the validity of foreign patents.
Based on an international patent framework agreed by the mobile industry, the court had jurisdiction, said the trial judge.
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