Samsung wins interim licence in UK patent fight with ZTE

LONDON: Samsung Electronics on Wednesday won a ruling from London’s High Court in its attempt to get an interim licence to use ZTE’s patents, in the English leg of the firms’ global licensing dispute over mobile phone patents.

English courts have recently permitted parties to pursue short-term patent licences pending trial, including in Amazon’s dispute with Nokia and Lenovo’s battle with Ericsson, before both ultimately settled.