The UKSC Decision in Tesla v. InterDigital

Yesterday the U.K. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Tesla, Inc. v. InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. , [2026] UKSC 27 . The Court held, inter alia , that (contrary to the majority view of the Court of Appeal) there is a "serious issue to be tried" whether SEP owners' obligations to license their SEPs on FRAND terms applies to an offer to license those patents jointly through a platform,…