On August 28, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) granted anti-suit injunctions involving three Chinese standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Conversant. The three patents protect LTE and UMTS technology, which Conversant acquired from Nokia in 2014.
According to the Court’s decisions, Conversant shall not enforce the German decision it won against Huawei (and its affiliates in either China or Germany, briefly “Huawei”) in Dusseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany on August 27, until the SPC has made final judgments on the disputes between Huawei and Conversant, in which Huawei claimed non-infringement of the three SEPs owned by Conversant and determination of the license conditions and rate.
