Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson et al DC

Last August, the Federal Circuit rejected an appeal filed by TCL (TCT Mobile) from a judgment based on a jury verdict against it—and in favor of Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1, a subsidiary of Japanese firm IP Bridge, Inc.—finding no error in the Delaware trial judge’s submission to the jury of questions whether the asserted patent claims are “essential to mandatory aspects of the Long-Term Evolution (‘LTE’) standard” and whether the accused products practice that standard. Further appeals exhausted, that $950K verdict stands. The same plaintiff has now sued Ericsson (2:21-cv-00213) and Nokia (2:21-cv-00215) under similar theories, this time in the Eastern District of Texas.