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The Patents Court allowed HTC’s application to try a licence defence as a preliminary issue, finding it discrete, urgent, and likely to save substantial costs.
Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Incorporation & Ors [2016] EWHC 867 (Pat) (21 April 2016)
The High Court allowed HTC’s request to try, as a preliminary issue, whether a Philips-based licence defence answers part of a patent claim.
The Patents Court held Nokia’s patent valid and infringed, rejecting HTC’s novelty, obviousness and licence defences over Itakura, Tan and Qualcomm.
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