Samsung’s patent in FRAND dispute with ZTE upheld by UK court
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( August 28, 2026, 14:47 GMT | Insight) -- ZTE has failed to invalidate a Samsung patent at the center of a long-running and multi-jurisdictional dispute between the companies over fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory — FRAND — terms for the licensing of Standard Essential Patents related to 5G technology.A UK judge has upheld a Samsung patent which the Korean tech giant says is an essential component of 5G technology, dismissing arguments by ZTE that it lacked an inventive step over earlier discoveries and finding that ZTE infringed the patent....
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