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Ericsson to USITC: ‘nothing has changed’ in wake of ‘advisory’ UK Lenovo ruling

By Melissa Ritti ( March 7, 2025, 12:02 GMT | Insight) -- The clock may, or may not, be ticking on Ericsson to grant Lenovo an interim license to its standard essential patent portfolio on fair reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or Frand, terms but the Swedish telecom titan is full steam ahead at the US International Trade Commission. In a filing yesterday, Ericsson says an “advisory” decision by the UK Court of Appeal in Lenovo’s favor last month — which it says it is under no obligation to follow — changes nothing, and that it is the USITC “who will decide whether Lenovo complied with its contractual Frand commitment.”Two days after Lenovo alerted the US International Trade Commission to a recent ruling by the UK Court of Appeal that it is entitled to an interim fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or Frand, license to Ericsson-owned standard essential patents, or SEPs, Ericsson fired back yesterday, telling the quasi-judicial agency to keep its eye on the prize....

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