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The United Kingdom’s High Court on Monday ruled that mobile device makers Samsung and Huawei infringed on an LTE standards-essential patent (SEP) held by Unwired Planet, Inc. in the first of five U.K. patent infringement lawsuits brought by the latter party.
Following a two-week trial in October, the court found that Unwired Planet holds a valid patent that is infringed by “wireless telecommunications networks which operate relevant LTE standard, and thus is essential to the LTE standard, known as 3GPP TS 36.322 release 8 version 8.8.0,” Unwired Planet said.
“This is a great result and demonstrates that the hard work behind an invention contributed to this industry standard and deployed in LTE handsets around the world has been recognized as valuable by the UK court,” said Unwired Planet CEO Boris Teksler. “We have no desire to litigate, and we believe that results like this one will minimize the need for further litigation with other potential licensees.”
U.K. Court Rules Against Samsung, Huawei in LTE Patent Infringement Case
