Patents - Tesla Inc v InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc
UK Supreme Court Author: Dietmar Rabich Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Source: Wikimedia Commo n s Jane Lambert Supreme Court (Lord Sales (Deputy President), Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows and Lord Kitchin) Tesla, Inc and another v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and others [2026] UKSC 27 (27 July 2026) This was an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in Tesla Inc and another v IDAC Holdings Inc and Others [2025] EWCA Civ 193 (6 March 2025) to dismiss the appeal by Tesla Inc and Tesla Motors Ltd. ("Tesla") against Mr Justice Fancourt's order refusing service of process outside the jurisdiction in Tesla, Inc and Another v Idac Holdings, Inc and others [2024] EWHC 1815 (Ch) (15 July 2024). The key issue was whether the courts of England and Wales had jurisdiction to decide a dispute concerning the terms of a licence to use a standard essential patent ("SEP") in circumstances where the claim was brought by an impl...