By Britain Eakin (January 18, 2022, 9:11 PM EST) — Ericsson has fired the latest salvo in its battle with Apple over patents essential to telecommunication standards, including 5G, filing a pair of lawsuits in the Western District of Texas and a complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Delaware-based Ericsson Inc. and Swedish company Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson lodged the lawsuits on Monday in the Western District of Texas — where plaintiffs have already won enormous verdicts — accusing Apple of infringing four patents in one suit and eight patents in a separate complaint.

The ITC action followed on Tuesday, with Ericsson accusing Apple of violating Section 337 of the Tariff…