Published: 4/7/17
Publication: IAM
“On Wednesday, the High Court sitting in London handed down the UK’s first-ever decisionin a case relating to the licensing of standard essential patents on a FRAND basis. It came down on the side of licensor Unwired Planet in its dispute with Huawei, and provided a long, very detailed explanation as to why it had decided to do so. Significantly, given the state of play in the US, Unwired Planet is a non-practising entity (whose patent assets were acquired by PanOptis last year) and the court ruled that should Huawei not now agree a global FRAND-based licensing deal with it, Unwired Planet is entitled to injunctive relief in the UK.” — [READ MORE]