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Samsung-ZTE patent dispute's Chinese strand may chip away UK courts' sway

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( February 9, 2026, 16:11 GMT | Comment) -- ZTE is planning to use a forthcoming Chinese judgment over standard-essential patents to bring an end to parallel proceedings in the UK, and the question of whether the English court will allow it will have a significant bearing on the UK as the leading jurisdiction for patent litigation.UK litigation between Samsung and ZTE over fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms for standard-essential patents has entered its closing stages. But the parties still await judgment from parallel proceedings in a Chinese court that could prompt further positioning from the English court on its right to make FRAND determinations....

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