English court rejects ZTE and Huawei calls to relocate FRAND case
The English Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their bid to have a standard-essential patent (SEP) infringement case thrown out on grounds of lack of jurisdiction.
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