Halts enforcement of Wuhan court order against U.S. tech firm on Xiaomi patent infringementIn a strongly worded judgment, the Delhi High Court has ruled that a foreign court does not have the jurisdiction to restrain a party before it from pursuing its cause before a court in India. Prior to InterDigital approaching the Delhi High Court in July last year, Xiaomi had filed an SEP royalty rate-setting suit before the Wuhan Court in June, 2020 for fixing of a global FRAND royalty rate, on the basis of which it could obtain licence from InterDigital. On September 23, the Wuhan Court directed InterDigital to immediately withdraw or suspend their application for any temporary ban before the Delhi High Court against Xiaomi. The Wuhan Court had also ordered that InterDigital will have to pay a fine of RMB 1 million yuan per day in the event of violation of its ruling. In the event, the Wuhan Court directs InterDigital to deposit the fine of RMB 1 million per day, Justice Shankar ordered Xiaomi,within one week of passing such an order by the Chinese Court, to deposit a similar amount before the Delhi High Court.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2021 22:26 UTC