Huawei loses UK top court appeal over Unwired Planet global patent-license ruling (*update)
By Simon Zekaria ( August 26, 2020, 09:10 GMT | Insight) -- Huawei must accept a single global license for mobile-phone patents held by Unwired Planet or be blocked from using the US-based software company’s intellectual property in its commercial operations, the UK's top court ruled today. The Supreme Court in London dismissed an appeal by the Chinese telecoms services group over a lower court ruling, which set a global rate that was “fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory,” or Frand.Huawei must accept a single global license for mobile-phone patents held by Unwired Planet or be blocked from using the US-based software company’s intellectual property in its commercial operations, the UK's top court ruled today....
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