This posts lists out the number of cases that have been filed across the globe regarding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). The different jurisdictions are:
Delhi High Court; UK High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts, Court of Appeal (EWCA); Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Courts in Germany including Munich ; Mannheim, Karlsruhe, State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Supreme People’s Court (China), etc. Various decisions issued by Competition authorities across the globe are also listed.
Each of these decisions can be accessed from the Resources Tab on this website on the respective page of each jurisdiction. For example, if you want to all see decisions from China, relating to SEPs/FRAND, then click on resources and then click on button under China and so on.
| Jurisdiction | Date of Judgment | Issuing Authority | Citation |
| United Kingdom | May 1, 2025 | EWCA | Optis v Apple [2025] EWCA Civ 552 |
| United Kingdom | March 24, 2025 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd & Anor v ZTE Corporation & Ors [2025] EWHC 705 (Pat) |
| United Kingdom | March 6, 2025 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | Tesla v InterDigital [2025] EWCA Civ 193 |
| United Kingdom | February 28, 2025 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | Lenovo v Ericsson [2025] EWCA Civ 182 |
| India | February 20, 2025 | Delhi High Court | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. Maj. (Retd.) Sukesh Behl & Anr and Ors |
| UPC | December 18, 2024 | Munich Local Division | Local Division Munich, 18 December 2024, UPC_CFI_9/2023 |
| UPC | November 22, 2024 | Mannheim Local Division | Local Division Mannheim, 22 November 2024, UPC_CFI_210/2023 |
| United States | October 24, 2024 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Lenovo (U.S.), Inc., No. 24-1515 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 24, 2024) |
| United Kingdom | July 12, 2024 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | InterDigital v Lenovo [2024] EWCA Civ 743 |
| India | May 31, 2024 | Delhi High Court | InterDigital Technology Corporation and Ors, InterDigital VC Holdings Inc and Ors v Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. and Ors |
| India | May 31, 2024 | Delhi High Court | Guandong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. and Ors v InterDigital Technology Corporation and Ors, InterDigital VC Holdings Inc and Ors |
| United Kingdom | May 23, 2024 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Motorola v Ericsson [2024] EWHC 1267 (Ch) |
| United Kingdom | April 25, 2024 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Lenovo v InterDigital [2024] EWHC 1036 (Pat) |
| India | March 28, 2024 | Delhi High Court | Lava International Limited v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson |
| Brazil | March 22, 2024 | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice, Anticipatory Judicial Protection n. 0126658-32.2021.8.19.0001, Chief Judge: Alexandre de Carvalho Mesquita, Judging Body: 1st Business Court, decided on March 22, 2024 |
| United Kingdom | March 21, 2024 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Lenovo v Interdigital [2024] EWHC 596 (Ch) |
| United Kingdom | February 14, 2024 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Optis v Apple [2024] EWHC 197 (Ch) |
| Brazil | December 15, 2023 | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice, Common Procedure n. 0214224-53.2020.8.19.0001, Judge in Exercise: Elisabete Franco Longobardi, Judging Body: 5th Business Court, decided on December 15, 2023 |
| Germany | December 14, 2023 | Regional Court of Munich | Regional Court München, 14.12.2023, 7 O 10988/22 – Verhältnis von Unverhältnismäßigkeits- und Zwangslizenzeinwand in Patentverletzungsstreit |
| China | December 12, 2023 | Supreme People’s Court | Advanced Codec Technologies, LLC v. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (2022) ZGFZMZ Nos. 907, 910, 911, 916, 917, and 918, SPC |
| Germany | October 11, 2023 | Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe | Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe, 11.10.2023, 6 U 204/22 Kart – Standardessentielle Mobilfunknetz-Patente |
| Germany | September 14, 2023 | Regional Court of Munich | Regional Court München, 14.09.2023, 7 O 1971/22 – Erfolgloser Zwangslizenzeinwand bei fehlender marktbeherrschender Stellung |
| United Kingdom | September 7, 2023 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Nokia v Oppo [2023] EWHC 2249 (Pat) |
| India | August 28, 2023 | Delhi High Court | Atlas Global Technologies LLC v TP-Link Technologies Co. Ltd |
| United Kingdom | July 26, 2023 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | Nokia v Oppo [2023] EWHC 1912 (Pat) |
| Germany | July 20, 2023 | Regional Court of Munich | Regional Court München, 20.07.2023, 7 O 5416/23 – Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz gegen ein ausländisches Prozessführungsverbot |
| India | July 13, 2023 | Delhi High Court | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Competition Commission of India and Another |
| Republic of Korea | July 6, 2023 | Seoul High Court (서울고등법원) | Seoul High Court Decision, 2021Nu61668, dated July 6, 2023 |
| United Kingdom | July 4, 2023 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | InterDigital v Lenovo [2023] EWHC 1583 (Pat) |
| India | July 3, 2023 | Delhi High Court | Nokia Technologies OY v Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. and Ors |
| United Kingdom | June 28, 2023 | High Court (EWHC) Business and Property Courts | InterDigital v Lenovo [2023] EWHC 1577 (Pat) |
| Germany | April 19, 2023 | Regional Court of Munich | Regional Court München, 19.04.2023, 21 O 1910/22 – Fehlende Lizenzwilligkeit bei zögerlichem Verhandeln |
| Germany | April 14, 2023 | Regional Court of Mannheim | Regional Court Mannheim, 14.04.2023, 7 O 91/22 – Geheimnisschutzanordnung II |
| Republic of Korea | April 13, 2023 | Supreme Court of Korea (대법원) | Supreme Court Decision, 2020du31897, dated April 13, 2023 |
| India | March 29, 2023 | Delhi High Court | Intex Technologies (India) Ltd v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson |
| Brazil | February 8, 2023 | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice, Common Procedure n. 0813303-40.2023.8.19.0001, Judge in Exercise: Alexandre de Carvalho Mesquita, Judging Body: 1st Business Court, decided on February 8, 2023 |
| Germany | January 24, 2023 | Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) | Federal Court of Justice, 24.01.2023, X ZR 123/20 – CQI-Bericht II |
| China | December 30, 2022 | Supreme People’s Court | Apple Computer Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. v. China IWNCOMM Co., Ltd. (2022) ZGFZMZ No. 817, SPC |
| United Kingdom | October 27, 2022 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | Optis v Apple [2022] EWCA Civ 1411 |
| China | September 7, 2022 | Supreme People’s Court | Nokia Corporation et al. v. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Co., Ltd. et al. (2022) ZGFZMXZ No. 167, SPC |
| United States | August 31, 2022 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | INVT SPE LLC v. International Trade Commission, 46 F.4th 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2022) |
| India | August 18, 2022 | Delhi High Court | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd. and ANR |
| Germany | August 5, 2022 | Regional Court of Munich | Regional Court München, 05.08.2022 – 21 O 11522/21 – Unverhältnismäßigkeitseinwand in FRAND-Fällen |
| United Kingdom | July 11, 2022 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | Nokia v Oppo [2022] EWCA Civ 947 |
| China | June 30, 2022 | Supreme People’s Court | Xu et al. v. A Road and Bridge Construction Company (2020) ZGFZMZ No. 1696, SPC |
| United States | June 21, 2022 | Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit | Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. v. Avanci, L.L.C., No. 20-11032 (5th Cir. 2022) |
| Germany | February 7, 2022 | Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf | Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf, 07.02.2022, 2 U 25/21 |
| Germany | February 2, 2022 | Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe | Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe, 02.02.2022 – 6 U 149/20 – Steuersignalkanalisierung II |
| United States | August 31, 2021 | Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit | HTC Corp. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, 12 F.4th 476 (5th Cir. 2021) |
| India | May 3, 2021 | Delhi High Court | InterDigital Technology Corporation and Ors v Xiaomi Corporation and Ors |
| United States | April 14, 2021 | District Court, Eastern District of Texas | Optis Wireless Technology, LLC, v. Apple Inc., No. 2:19-CV-00066-JRG (E.D. Tex. 2021) |
| Germany | February 25, 2021 | Regional Court of Munich | Regional Court München, 25.02.2021, 7 O 14276/20 – Erstbegehungsgefahr bei Erlass einer Anti-Suit-Injunction |
| Germany | February 12, 2021 | Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe | Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe,12.02.2021, 6 U 130/20 – Wurzelsequenzordnung |
| United States | January 11, 2021 | District Court, Eastern District of Texas | Ericsson Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., No. 2:20-CV-00380-JRG (E.D. Tex. 2021) |
| India | December 16, 2020 | Delhi High Court | InterDigital Technology Corporation and Ors, InterDigital VC Holdings Inc and Ors v Xiaomi Corporation and Ors |
| Germany | December 9, 2020 | Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe | Higher Regional Court Karlsuhe, 09.12.2020, 6 U 103/19 – Mobilstation |
| Germany | November 26, 2020 | Regional Court of Düsseldorf | Regional court Düsseldorf, 26.11.2020, 4c O 17/19 |
| Germany | November 24, 2020 | Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) | Federal Court of Justice, 24.11.2020, KZR 35/17 – FRAND-Einwand II |
| Brazil | November 20, 2020 | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice | State of Rio de Janeiro Judiciary, Court of Justice, Common Procedure n. 0207683-04.2020.8.19.0001, Chief Judge: Paulo Assed Estefan, Judging Body: 4th Business Court, decided on November 20, 2020 |
| China | September 11, 2020 | Supreme People’s Court | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.àr.l. v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (2019) ZGFZMZ No. 732, 733, and 734(II), SPC |
| United Kingdom | August 26, 2020 | Supreme Court (UKSC) | Unwired Planet v Huawei [2020] UKSC 37 |
| Germany | August 18, 2020 | Regional Court of Mannheim | Regional court Mannheim, 18.08.2020, 2 O 34/19 – Lizenz in Wertschöpungskette |
| United States | August 11, 2020 | Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm Inc., 969 F.3d 974 (9th Cir. 2020) |
| United States | August 4, 2020 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd., 967 F.3d 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2020) |
| Germany | May 5, 2020 | Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) | Federal Court of Justice, 05.05.2020, KZR 36/17 – FRAND-Einwand |
| United States | December 5, 2019 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, 943 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2019) |
| United Kingdom | July 18, 2019 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | TQ Delta v ZyXEL [2019] EWCA Civ 1277 |
| Germany | March 22, 2019 | Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf | Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf, 22.03.2019, 2 U 31/16 – Improving Handovers |
| Japan | March 15, 2019 | Japan Fair Trade Commission | 2010(Han) No.1 (Japan Fair Trade Commission v Qualcomm) |
| United States | March 13, 2019 | District Court, District of Delaware | Evolved Wireless, LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 15-542-JFB-SRF (D. Del. 2019) |
| Japan | March 4, 2019 | Intellectual Property High Court | 2018 (Ne) 10065 (Apple v Qualcomm) |
| United States | February 27, 2019 | District Court, District of New Jersey | Mondis Technology Ltd v. LG Electronics, Inc., 407 F. Supp. 3d 482 (D.N.J. 2019) |
| Japan | February 19, 2019 | Intellectual Property High Court | 2018 (Ne) 10048 (Apple v Qualcomm) |
| Japan | December 12, 2018 | Intellectual Property High Court | 2018 (Ne) 10027 (Apple v Qualcomm) |
| United States | September 27, 2018 | District Court, Eastern District of Texas | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc., No. 2:14-CV-00911-JRG, (E.D. Tex. 2018) |
| United States | September 25, 2018 | District Court, Northern District of California | Huawei Technologies, Co. v. Samsung Electronics Co., 340 F. Supp. 3d 934 (N.D. Cal. 2018) |
| United States | August 16, 2018 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc., 899 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2019) |
| India | July 12, 2018 | Delhi High Court | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v Rajesh Bansal, Bhagirathi Electronics and Ors. |
| United States | April 13, 2018 | District Court, Northern District of California | Huawei Technologies, Co. v. Samsung Electronics Co, No. 3:16-cv-02787-WHO (N.D. Cal. 2018) |
| India | March 6, 2018 | Delhi High Court | Dolby International AB and ANR v Das Telecom Private Limited and Ors |
| United States | August 17, 2017 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | JVC Kenwood Corp. v. Nero, Inc., 797 F.3d 1039 (Fed. Cir. 2015) |
| United Kingdom | May 27, 2016 | Court of Appeal (EWCA) | Samsung v Ericsson [2016] EWCA Civ 489 |
| India | April 22, 2016 | Delhi High Court | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Xiaomi Technology and Ors |
| Japan | December 24, 2015 | Intellectual Property High Court | 2015 (Ne) 10069 (SoftBank v Kanematsu) |
| United States | December 3, 2015 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 809 F.3d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 2015) |
| United States | July 30, 2015 | Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., 795 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2015) |
| CJEU | May 16, 2015 | Court of Justice of the European Union | Court of Justice of the European Union (Fifth Chamber) [2015]: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp. and ZTE Deutschland GmbH, Case No. C-170/13 |
| India | May 12, 2015 | Competition Commission of India | Best IT World (India) Private Limited (iBall) v Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson |
| United States | April 27, 2015 | International Trade Commission | Certain 3G Mobile Handsets and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-613 (Remand) (ITC Apr. 27, 2015) |
| Japan | February 18, 2015 | District Court of Tokyo | 2013 (Wa) 21383 (Imation Corporation v One-Blue) |
| India | December 8, 2014 | Delhi High Court | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Xiaomi Technology and Ors |
| United States | December 4, 2014 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Systems, Inc., 773 F.3d 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2014) |
| United States | June 13, 2014 | International Trade Commission | Certain Wireless Devices With 3G and/or 4G Capabilities and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-868 (ITC June 13, 2014) |
| Japan | May 16, 2014 | Intellectual Property High Court | 2013 (Ne) 10043 (Samsung v Apple) |
| Japan | May 16, 2014 | Intellectual Property High Court | 2013 (Ra) 10007 (Samsung v Apple) |
| United States | April 25, 2014 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Apple Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., 757 F.3d 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2014) |
| India | January 16, 2014 | Competition Commission of India | Intex Technologies (India) Limited v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson |
| United States | August 12, 2013 | District Court, Western District of Washington | Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., 963 F. Supp. 2d 1176 (W.D. Wash. 2013) |
| United States | July 26, 2013 | District Court, Northern District of Illinois | In re Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC, Patent Litigation, 921 F. Supp. 2d 903 (N.D. Ill. 2013) |
| United States | July 23, 2013 | Federal Trade Commission | In re Motorola Mobility LLC and Google Inc., 156 F.T.C. 147 (2013) |
| United States | June 4, 2013 | International Trade Commission | Certain electronic devices, including wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, and tablet computers, Inv. No. 337-TA-794 (ITC June 4, 2013) |
| United States | May 20, 2013 | District Court, Northern District of California | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. v. LSI Corp., 946 F. Supp. 2d 998 (N.D. Cal. 2013) |
| United States | April 25, 2013 | District Court, Western District of Washington | Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., No. C10-1823JLR (W.D. Wash. 2013) |
| United States | April 23, 2013 | Federal Trade Commission | In re Robert Bosch GmbH, 155 F.T.C. 713 (2013) |
| United States | September 28, 2012 | Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola Inc., 696 F.3d 872 (9th Cir. 2012) |
| Republic of Korea | August 24, 2012 | Seoul Central District Court | Seoul Central District Court Decision, 2021Gahab39552, dated August 24, 2012 |
| United States | February 27, 2012 | District Court, Western District of Washington | Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., 854 F. Supp. 2d 993 (W.D. Wash. 2012) |
| United States | May 13, 2011 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Rambus Inc., 645 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2011) |
| United States | September 20, 2010 | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Fujitsu Ltd. v. Netgear Inc., 620 F.3d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2010) |
| Germany | May 6, 2009 | Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) | Federal Court of Justice, 06.05.2009, KZR 39/06 – Orange-Book-Standard |
| United States | April 22, 2008 | Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit | Rambus Inc. v. F.T.C., 522 F.3d 456 (D.C. Cir. 2008) |
| Germany | July 13, 2004 | Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) | Federal Court of Justice, 13.07.2004, KZR 40/02 – Standard-Spundfass |
Other decisions will get a separate blog post on their own and added to the Resources Tab. Look at the jurisdiction specific resources to see the data.