MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD & ANR. vs XIAOMI CORPORATION & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 30.04.2026 + CS(COMM) 734/2025 & I.A. 17509/2025 MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD & ANR. .....Plaintiffs versus XIAOMI CORPORATION & ORS. .....Defendants Advocates who appeared in this case For the Plaintiffs : Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr. Siddhant Chamola, Ms. Gitanjali Sharma, Ms. Prachi Sharma, Mr. Gursimran Singh Narula and Mr. Jitesh Prakash Gupta, Advocates. For the Defendants : Mr. Saikrishna Rajagopal, Ms. Julien George, Mr. Arjun Gadhoke, Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon, Mr. Ayush Saxena and Mr. Christo Sabu, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J I.A. 17510/2025 1. This Application is filed by the Plaintiffs under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”) seeking deposit of pro tem security amount on the basis of the offer made by the Plaintiffs to the Defendants for Signature Not Verified CS(COMM) 734/2025 Page 1 of 82 Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:02.05.2026 19:38:35 the unlicensed manufacture, import and sale of 4G and 5G compliant devices, in particular, mobile phones / handsets. 2. The Plaintiffs are seeking to license a portfolio of cellular Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs”) comprising the patent assets that Plaintiff No. 1, Malikie Innovations Ltd. acquired from BlackBerry Limited (“BlackBerry”) and patent assets that are currently owned by BlackBerry, but licensable by Plaintiff No. 1. 3. The following patents are referred to in the Suit: (i) IN 283303 titled as “A METHOD FOR PROVIDING REPETITIONS ACK/NACK FROM A USER EQUIPMENT”; (ii) IN 317530 titled as “A USER EQUIPMENT FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION”; and (iii) IN 335982 titled as “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ESTABLISHMENT CAUSES” (“Suit Patents”). The Suit Patents were pub