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Paullee: Unwired Planet filed parallel patent infringement actions in the UK and Germany, alleging that several defendants infringe six patents effective in both the UK and Germany. Because of the number of patents and defendants involed, multiple trials were scheduled in each country.

What is interesting is that in a parallel court action in Germany, “the court dismissed the action against Huawei only with respect to one patent (EP (DE) 2,229,744)”. So we have a situation where an English court found that Huawei infringed European patent ‘744, while a German court dismissed the case against Huawei for the same patent.


According to Unwired’s latest 10-Q:

“The first German trial took place in June 2015. Following the hearing, the court dismissed the action against Huawei only with respect to one patent (EP (DE) 2,229,744), and a second trial will commence in Germany on November 26, 2015 at which time three patents will tried against LG, Samsung and Huawei (EP (DE) 2,119,286, 2,385,514, and 1,230,818).

The first patent infringement case in the UK was held in October 2015. The trial addressed Huawei and Samsung’s infringement of Patent No. EP (UK) 2,229,744. We currently expect a judgment from the UK court in late November."

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1082506/000119312515372015/d69263d10q.htm#tx69263_12