Comment: Huawei's fate in Unwired lawsuit to shape patent plays for techs, big and small
By Simon Zekaria ( August 25, 2020, 17:12 GMT | Comment) -- Huawei's intellectual property-strategies should be shaped by the UK Supreme Court ruling on Unwired Planet’s lawsuit over licensing of standard essential patents. The ruling — set to clarify UK courts’ willingness to settle technology patent litigation on a global basis — will have an impact for communication technology providers such as giant Apple and innovators of designs that underpin everyday devices.A loss for Huawei in its challenge to a landmark ruling that it must accept a single global rate for Unwired Planet's mobile-phone patents promises to give a boost to innovative developers looking for a focused way to resolve disputes over licensing....
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