Phone Patent Royalties: Ericsson once again sues Apple

To protect its standard-essential patents, leading communication and technology firm Ericsson once again locks horns with Apple over Phone Patent Royalties. The two giants had a dispute over the licensing patents on LTE technology in Texas, U.S in the starting of this year, but now the clash over global licensing agreement takes place in Germany, the United Kingdom and Netherlands (European Continent).

Kasim Alfalahi, Ericsson’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer said to Bloomberg, “Irrespective of the company, everybody needs to take a license for the technologies being provided to them,”

Before mid-January, Apple had been paying royalties to Ericsson for using its innovative communication technology but the talk over renewing the same had failed which resulted in fresh law suit as Apple continued to use Ericsson’s technology without possessing a valid license.

Under FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing obligation Ericsson has been persistently trying to come an agreement with Apple but the efforts were mostly unproductive.

Ericsson had previously filed 7 lawsuits against Apple on matters related to patents and intellectual property protection. If these rulings are passed in Ericsson’s favor, the company will have a big profitability boost in vast global scale and reach of smartphone market.