Unwired Planet: UK Court Rules Samsung & Huawei Infringe Company's LTE Patent

(RTTNews) - Unwired Planet, Inc. (UPIP) announced the UK High Court issued its judgment that cell phone manufacturers Samsung and Huawei infringe an LTE standards-essential patent held by Unwired Planet. Unwired Planet said it will be entitled to reimbursement of a substantial portion of its legal expenses incurred in litigating this part of the case.

The company reported that the Court has ruled that Unwired Planet's patent EP (UK) 2 229 744 is valid and is infringed by wireless telecommunication networks which operate in accordance with the relevant LTE standard, and thus is essential to the LTE standard, known as 3GPP TS 36.322 release 8 version 8.8.0.