Published: September 27, 2017
Publisher: Out-law
“New guidance on how businesses should go about negotiating the terms of licence agreements for standard-essential patents has been provided by the Düsseldorf Appeals Court in a recently published ruling.
The judgment builds on principles established in case law by the EU’s highest court, and also highlights a major difference of opinion within the German court system over the level of detail in which ‘first instance’ courts should examine licensing offers made by standard-essential patent owners to prospective licensees.”