Published: 4/24/17
Publication: Lexology
“On 8 February 2017, the Dutch district court in The Hague ruled for the first time in the Netherlands since the Huawei decision on standard-essential patents (SEPs) and Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) issues.
The case related to proceedings launched by Archos in response to infringement cases brought in the same court by Philips against Archos on the Dutch parts of three Philips European patents that it had declared essential to the UMTS (3G) standard for mobile communication. Archos raised a FRAND defence to infringement on the basis that Philips had not complied with its obligations under the Huaweidecision to offer a licence on FRAND terms. The Archos arguments were rejected by the Court and we examine possible reasons.” — [READ MORE]