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Ericsson seeks UK Supreme Court intervention over interim Frand decision

By Melissa Ritti ( April 1, 2025, 15:38 GMT | Insight) -- Findings by a UK appellate panel that reluctance by Ericsson to enter into an interim cross-license agreement with Lenovo for patents essential to the 4G and 5G WiFi standard is proof of a coercive effort to secure better terms abroad are unfounded, Ericsson has told the UK Supreme Court. The Swedish telecom company, in seeking permission to challenge a February 2025 ruling by the UK Court of Appeal, reiterates that its first-filed actions in the US are the proper forum for the parties’ longstanding dispute. Holdings to the contrary would be a “stark breach” of international judicial comity and “logically incoherent,” where Lenovo’s second-filed UK litigation would by definition be in equally bad faith, Ericsson says. Ericsson is pushing back on the notion that its refusal to agree to accept interim license terms set by a UK court is per se evidence of bad faith....

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