Standard Essential Patents, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Patent Infringement

Key Insights From the UPC’s First SEP

Fish & Richardson on 4/17/2025

In November 2024, the Local Division (LD) Mannheim of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued the UPC’s first-ever substantive decision on standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND)...more

UPC Issues First FRAND Decision

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/20/2024

In a landmark decision, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Local Division Mannheim set standards for enforcing standard essential patents (SEPs) and for negotiating fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licenses under...more

UPC ruling on Panasonic v. Oppo: A landmark decision on SEPS and FRAND

A&O Shearman on 12/12/2024

On November, 22, 2024, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) delivered a landmark ruling in Panasonic v. Oppo, setting a significant precedent in the realm of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and...more

Recent Developments Regarding Patent Injunctions In Germany

MoFo Tech on 6/23/2021

The German patent system has repeatedly proven to provide reliable and effective means to enforce patent rights against infringers. There are three key reasons why the German patent system is so attractive for patentees when...more

Dutch Court of Appeal gives further guidance on FRAND license negotiations

Hogan Lovells on 7/11/2019

The Court of Appeal of The Hague has again given guidance on the interpretation of the CJEU decision in Huawei v ZTE and the standards for assessing FRAND defences under Dutch law. In its decision of 2 July 2019, less than...more

Dutch Court of Appeal gives guidance on FRAND license negotiations

Hogan Lovells on 5/20/2019

For the first time, the Court of Appeal of The Hague has given guidance on the interpretation of the CJEU decision in Huawei v ZTE and the standards for assessing FRAND defences under Dutch law. ...more