Case Nos: CA-2024-000489, CA-2024-000498, - [2025] EWCA Civ 1263

Fecha: 07-Oct-2025

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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWCA Civ 1263

Case Nos: CA-2024-000489, CA-2024-000498,

CA-2024-000501 CA-2024-001757 and CA-2025-001685

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD)

PATENTS COURT

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MARCUS SMITH

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Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 07/10/2025

Before :

SIR JULIAN FLAUX CHANCELLOR OF THE HIGH COURT

LORD JUSTICE BIRSS

and

LORD JUSTICE ZACAROLI

Third Party Appellants:

INTERDIGITAL, INC. (CA-2024-000489)

QUALCOMM INC. (CA-2024-000498)

NOKIA CORPORATION (CA-2024-000501)

and

(1) GOOGLE LLC

(2) HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD

(3) LG ELECTRONICS

(CA-2024-001757)

Appellants

in proceedings between:

OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY LLC and OTHERS

Claimants

- and -

APPLE RETAIL UK LTD and OTHERS (CA-2025-001685)

Defendants and

Appellants

Douglas Campbell KC (instructed by Gowling WLG (UK) LLP) for InterDigital and (instructed by Bird & Bird LLP) for Nokia

Sarah Abram KC (instructed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan LLP) for Qualcomm Inc

Henry Ward (instructed by A&O Shearman Sterling LLP) for Google, Huawei and LG Electronics

Brian Nicholson KC (instructed by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP) for Apple

Thomas Jones (instructed by EIP Europe LLP and Osborne Clarke LLP) for Optis

Hearing date: 9 July 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 7^th 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 Birss: