Patents - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation v Oneplus Technology
Xiaomi Tech Park, Beijing Author Plerxemo Licence CC BY-SA 3,0 Source Wikimedia Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Mellor) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and another v Oneplus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 1541 (Pat) (8 June 2021) Sometimes a procedural application can lead to a debate on fundamental principles of substantive law. Such was the case in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and another v Oneplus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 1541 (Pat) (8 June 2021). The application was brought by Xiaomi Cimmunications Inc. and others ("the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th defendants who are referred to in the judgment as "the Xiaomi defendants"). They applied for the claim in this action by Sisvel International SA ("Sisvel") (the second claimant) to be dismissed and for all future claims by Sisvel against the Xiaomi defendants to be stayed. The Litigation Sisvel administers a portfolio of patents for mobile t...