EU complained China at the WTO on anti-suit injunctions of SEP EU announcement is as below:
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This was also reported in China as below:
This complaint is in reaction to the China's Supreme People's Court decision in Aug 2020 in Huawei v. Conversant. There have been several other anti-suit injunctions granted in China after the above Aug 2020 decision, for example Xiaomi v. Interactive, and OPPO v. Sharp.
On the other hand, there are a number of anti-suit injunctions granted by foreign courts against Chinese companies, for example the below:
- Huawei v. Samsung (US, 2016)
- Huawei v. Unwired Planet (UK, 2014)
Let's wait and see how this would pan out, for example whether China is going to file a counter complaint at the WTO, or is "encouraged" to grant even more such anti-suit injunctions against foreign companies.
My view is that the world eventually has to come up with a global solution to handle SEP litigation.
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