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ARTICLE · 04 JUNE 2024

Lenovo v Ericsson – The Multi-Jurisdictional Saga Continues

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On 23 May 2024, Mrs Justice Bacon gave judgment in an application for an interim injunction in Lenovo v Ericsson ([2024] EWHC 1267 (Ch)) in the latest in a long line of cases that grapple...

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On 23 May 2024, Mrs Justice Bacon gave judgment in an application for an interim injunction in Lenovo v Ericsson ([2024] EWHC 1267 (Ch)) in the latest in a long line of cases that grapple with the complications of multi-jurisdictional SEP disputes. In this case there are continuing proceedings between the parties in the UK, United States, Brazil and Colombia.

Lenovo applied for an interim injunction against Ericsson for its UK patent in suit, despite there being no precedent for such an order in UK FRAND proceedings for which damages are ordinarily considered an adequate remedy. Lenovo argued that this case was different as the interim injunction that it sought included a proviso that the injunction would not apply if Ericsson instead accepted one of three alternatives:

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