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US court rejects Apple’s bid to pay Ericsson for Colombian litigation
In April, a Colombian court ruled that Apple infringed a 5G patent from Ericsson, and Ericsson subsequently submitted a $50,000 bond for enforcement. The country sells and imports. According to the latest report from the source, Apple asked Ericsson in the US federal court in Texas to compensate it for any losses caused by the injunction of the Columbia court, but the request was rejected by the court.
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U.S. Federal Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap in Texas found that the Columbia court’s order did not affect his case, saying, ” Apple has failed to demonstrate that Columbia’s order caused any imminent harm to justify its claim for damages.”
It is reported that Ericsson sued Apple in the U.S. federal court in Texas in October 2021, asking the court to declare that the 5G wireless patent licensing rate it provided to Apple complies with the FRAND principle of fairness, reasonableness, and non-discrimination. According to Apple, the parties agreed that it would be up to the court to determine the appropriate terms of the global license.
Apple told a U.S. federal court in Texas earlier this month that Ericsson had filed more than a dozen lawsuits against Apple in Colombia and several around the world without prior notice in an effort to keep Apple in the loop. Obey its demands before the December trial.
Ericsson is reported to have filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in at least six jurisdictions, including the US (ITC and district courts), Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, Colombia, and the UK, over a seven-year telecommunications patent agreement first reached in 2015. Negotiations for the renewal of the license contract failed.