ZTE faces long legal fight with Vringo over patents

ZTE might have to brace itself for a lengthy legal battle against Vringo’s lawsuits over patents in Europe and other parts of the world, lawyers said.

In the UK, the High Court of Justice Chancery Division held a hearing on January 30 and rejected Vringo’s request to stay the infringement trial related to three patents, which remains scheduled for June 2015. The UK High Court rejected ZTE’s request to introduce new prior art and re-argue the validity of the UK part of Vringo’s European patent and ordered ZTE to pay Vringo’s costs in relation to this ruling.