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Samsung granted interim relief by UK judge in ZTE licensing dispute

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( June 26, 2025, 17:02 GMT | Insight) -- A UK High Court judge has granted Samsung an interim license in its dispute with ZTE over terms for standard essential patents held by the Chinese manufacturer. The judge criticized ZTE’s “bad faith” efforts to pit UK and Chinese courts against one another in an attempt to bring the case to China.On Wednesday UK High Court Judge James Mellor granted Samsung its requested interim declarations. He found that ZTE breached its good faith obligations under the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, or ETSI, that the two parties would enter into an interim license agreement on terms to be determined by the court, and that ZTE would be considered an unwilling licensor if it refused to offer Samsung an interim license. ...

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