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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD), PATENTS COURT
Mr Justice Mellor
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
LORD JUSTICE PETER JACKSON
LORD JUSTICE ARNOLD
and
LORD JUSTICE BIRSS
Between :
(1) SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD (2) SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED | Claimants/ Respondents |
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(1) ZTE CORPORATION (2) ZTE (UK) LIMITED (3) NUBIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD (4) LIVEWIRE TELECOM LIMITED (5) EFONES.COM LIMITED | Defendants/ Appellants |
Sarah Abram KC and Ligia Osepciu (instructed by Powell Gilbert LLP) for the Appellants
Daniel Alexander KC and Henry Ward (instructed by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP) for the Respondents
Hearing date : 28 October 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 31 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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- Lord Justice Arnold Introduction
- Interim licence declarations: a brief summary of the principles
- Jurisdictional conflict
- Factual background
- The judge’s judgment
- The order under appeal
- Grounds of appeal
- Respondents’ notice
- Appeal grounds 1 and 2 and the respondents’ notice grounds: bad faith
- Appeal ground 4: comity
- Conclusions
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