ZTE Corporation & ors (defendants/appellants) v Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd & anr (claimants/respondents)
Tuesday 28 October 2025
By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 1 August 2025, the appellants appeal the order, dated 26 June 2025, of Mellor J sitting in the Patents court giving declaratory relief in relation to the Appellants breach of FRAND obligations.
The underlying proceedings concern standard essential patents (SEPs) under the ETSI framework, which requires licensing on FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) terms.
Both the Applicant and the Respondent own SEPs and had a previous cross licence agreement that expired in 2023.
Whilst the parties agree that the balance of a new cross-licence agreement will leave the Applicant as the net payee, the parties have been unable to agree the terms of a new cross-licence.
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