Enrico Bonadio

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Arjun Solanki (BPP Law School)

April 14, 2025

Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are at the heart of global technology markets, particularly in 4G/5G communications. While SEPs ensure interoperability, they also raise significant licensing…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Federico Manstretta (Parma University, IP Law Galli)

The WTO dispute between China and EU over Chinese SEPs global rate-setting

March 31, 2025

Back in January 2025, the EU initiated consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge the practice of Chinese courts to unilaterally set binding global royalty rates for non-Chinese…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Magali Anabel Contardi (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)

The second UPC FRAND decision in Huawei v Netgear: is it time for a new CJEU referral?

February 3, 2025

In another standard essential patents (SEPs) case from the Unified Patent Court (UPC), on 18 December 2024 the Munich Local Division (LD) issued an injunction in favour of Huawei (UPC_CFI_9/2023, …

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Magali Anabel Contardi (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)

Panasonic Vs Oppo: the First UPC FRAND ruling

December 30, 2024

In July 2023, the Japanese electronics company Panasonic initiated a series of patent infringement and FRAND-related proceedings against several subsidiaries of the Chinese consumer electronics maker…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London)

The European Commission’s Amicus Curiae Brief in VoiceAge v HMD – A Timely Admonition of the Importance of Following Closely the Huawei v ZTE Guidelines

December 9, 2024

The 2015 landmark decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Huawei/ZTE established a balanced framework for licensing standard essential patents (SEPs), striking a compromise…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Jorge Tinoco (University of São Paulo) , Daniel Leopoldino (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

SEPs Injunctions with a Tropical Flavour: the Brazilian Scenario

October 8, 2024

Brazil is an increasingly relevant venue for litigation involving standard essential patents (SEPs). As a top-5 market in the world for consumer electronics and the most performing economy in Latin…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Akshita Rohatgi (University School of Law and Legal Studies, New Delhi)

Metaverse Patents

May 20, 2024

Blurring the edges between reality and make-believe, the Metaverse is part of an aspirational Web 3.0, characterised by certain features including an immersive 3D virtual space, interoperability, and…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Akshita Rohatgi (University School of Law and Legal Studies, New Delhi)

Outlining the WIPO’s 2024–2026 Strategy on Standard Essential Patents

May 16, 2024

In 2021 WIPO developed the Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) (2022-2026) to support global innovation and creativity - and last month, two years into the plan's implementation, it released its…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Dyuti Pandya (LL.M Gujarat Maritime University)

China’s Supreme People Court decides FRAND dispute in ACT v Oppo

March 20, 2024

In December 2023, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China found that Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo was responsible for infringing six Chinese standard essential patents (SEPs):…