15 Mar, 2024 Podcast: You, me & the UPC - Access to documents and transparency By Charlie French Naomi Hazenberg In our fifth episode of You, me & the UPC, our patent litigation experts, Naomi Hazenberg and Charlie French, cover the early cases...
12 Feb, 2024 UPC case numbers, statistics and technologies update By Eden Winlow The UPC has published an update on the caseload of the Court since its start of operation in June 2023. The number of cases has continued...
11 May, 2023 Unitary Patents: Joint ownership and governing law By Ellen Lambrix The Unitary Patent system is finally due to go live on 1 June 2023 and transitional measures are already in place to assist applicants...
31 Mar, 2023 InterDigital v Lenovo - OxFirst webinar By Bristows It was an absolute pleasure to take part in this webinar alongside my friends and colleagues, Myles Jelf and Sophie Lawrance. In...
16 Mar, 2023 IDC v Lenovo has landed! By Bristows With a bang, the hotly anticipated FRAND judgment in InterDigital Corporation v Lenovo was handed down at 10:30 this morning. The...
23 Jan, 2023 Nokia v Oppo: FRANDtastic By Bristows As reported on a few well-known blogs, a Nokia SEP has been held to be valid by the High Court (essentiality was admitted). Based on...
13 Dec, 2022 Apple and Ericsson settle global FRAND dispute By Bristows The largest currently ongoing FRAND licensing dispute has come to an end somewhat earlier than expected, with Apple and Ericsson...
09 Dec, 2022 EU moves to the next level in WTO dispute with China over ASIs By Richard Pinckney The European Commission has requested the establishment of a panel at the World Trade Organization for an ongoing trade dispute with...
23 Nov, 2022 Kigen v Thales: A new English route to FRAND By Bristows As has long been predicted (Nostradamus would be impressed), a free-standing FRAND claim has been brought by an implementer. Sort of......
04 Nov, 2022 UK Supreme Court ends Oppo’s jurisdiction battle By Bristows On 11 July 2022, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the English Courts had jurisdiction over Nokia’s claim and that no stay should be...
28 Oct, 2022 Optis v Apple: Court of Appeal examines clause 6.1 of the ETSI IPR Policy By Bristows If you've followed the Optis & others v Apple saga, you must have seen the judgment handed yesterday by the Court of Appeal, about the...
27 Oct, 2022 Time to power up (USB-C only need apply) By Bristows It was not all that long ago (though I may just be getting old) that the big names in telecoms sat down to develop a wireless...