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title: "UK court orders Samsung to pay China's ZTE a $392 million lump sum after patent trial"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/284911822.md"
description: "Samsung Electronics has been ordered by London's High Court to pay $392 million to ZTE for a license to use its mobile phone patents. This ruling is part of a global licensing dispute, with ZTE pursuing similar lawsuits in China, Germany, and Brazil. The court's decision comes after Samsung's attempt to negotiate a renewal of a previous deal failed. The amount awarded is higher than Samsung's proposed $200 million but lower than ZTE's requested $731 million. Both companies retain the right to appeal the ruling."
datetime: "2026-05-01T13:44:29.000Z"
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# UK court orders Samsung to pay China's ZTE a $392 million lump sum after patent trial

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics must pay a $392 million lump sum for a licence to use ‌ZTE's patents for mobile phones, London's High Court ‌ruled on Friday in the English leg of the companies' global licensing ​dispute.

ZTE has brought parallel lawsuits against Samsung in China, Germany and Brazil as the two companies battle over the terms on which Samsung can use ZTE's patents, and most ‌importantly the cost.

The patents ⁠are needed to ensure smartphones can access networks.

Samsung sued ZTE in London in December 2024 seeking ⁠a determination of the fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory - or FRAND - terms of a patent licence. Such licences have repeatedly been ​the subject ​of global legal battles ​in the telecom industry.

Judge Richard ‌Meade ruled that Samsung pay a lump sum of $392 million after the two companies were unable to agree on the renewal of a previous 2021 deal.

The lump sum is more than the maximum $200 million Samsung had argued for, ‌but less than the $731 million ​ZTE had sought.

Samsung and ZTE did ​not immediately respond to ​a request for comment. They both have ‌the right to appeal.

England is ​a popular jurisdiction ​for patent litigation as it can set global FRAND terms, following a landmark 2020 UK Supreme Court ruling. The ​same is ‌true for courts in China, where ZTE is separately ​seeking a ruling on FRAND terms.

(Reporting by Sam ​Tobin; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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