US Based L2 Sues HTC For Alleged Infringement Of SEPs

Beijing IP Court recently accepted two cases involving invention patent rights infringement filed by NPE against HTC Corporation, HTC Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.(HTC electronics), Beijing Jingdong Century Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Jingdong Century), and Beijing Jingdong 360 Du E-Commerce Ltd. (Jingdong 360).

L2's claims

L2 owns two SEPs A method for handling transmission time interval (tti) bundle retransmission and communication device and Method for enhancing RRC procedure re-initiation efficiency and communication apparatus thereof. The two patents are included in the LTE communication standards published by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which means that any LTE mobile phone legally on sale at China mainland market actually exploits the technical solutions of related claims of the patents involved. Based on fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory terms, L2 sent out a request for licensing negotiation to HTC, who made no