Korea

13th Dec,17

Republic of Korea’s Highest Court Upholds Landmark KFTC Corrective Order in Support of the FRAND Commitment

2017-12-21T15:41:43+00:00By allthingsfrand|

This was originally published on the ACT | The App Association blog, here. Last month, the Supreme Court of Korea, the Republic of Korea's highest court, issued an important ruling that will have a wide impact on standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing practices. In [...]

1st Jan,12

Samsung Electronics CO., LTD v. Apple Korea Ltd.

2017-05-23T03:55:44+00:00By allthingsfrand|

Published: 1/1/12 In April 2011, Samsung filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court seeking an injunction against Apple for infringement of patents it claimed were essential to the UMTS cellular standard, and for which Samsung had made FRAND commitments to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Apple contested [...]