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Acer awarded UK interim license in Nokia SEP dispute

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( December 18, 2025, 18:06 GMT | Insight) -- A UK judge granted Acer an interim license in its dispute with Nokia over standard essential patents on Thursday. The judge rejected Nokia’s argument that Acer’s refusal to enter into arbitration would make Acer an unwilling licensee and entail the case being taken out of the English courts.The English High Court on Thursday granted Acer an interim standard essential patent (SEP) license in its dispute with Nokia over video decoding patents. The judge rejected Nokia’s argument that it had fulfilled its obligation to seek fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, or FRAND, terms simply by offering to enter into arbitration with Acer....

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