Published: 8/16/16
Publication: Spicy IP
On the 1st of August, 2016, California District Court Judge James V. Selna ruled that some of the license terms that Ericsson offered TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (‘TCL’) were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, narrowing TCL’s claims in their lawsuit against Ericsson.
This lawsuit was filed in 2014, and alleges Ericsson’s refusal to license their Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) of global 2G, 3G and 4G standards at fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Importantly, only some of Ericsson’s contract terms were determined to be fair, while the rest are still in dispute. — [READ MORE]