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Acer Incorporated & Ors v Nokia Technologies Oy

The High Court held Nokia’s ITU-T RAND commitment required offers capable of acceptance, upheld jurisdiction, and granted interim licence declarations.

  • Standard essential patents
  • Rand/frand licensing
  • Declaratory relief
  • Jurisdiction
  • Swiss contract law
  • Patent licensing
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Intellectual property

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd & Anor v ZTE Corporation & Ors

Unless there is a legitimate and substantiated objection to the forum, it does not constitute bad faith for a SEP owner to seek to force an implementer to accept determination of FRAND terms by the SEP holder’s preferred court rather than the implementer’s preferred court. The English court being first seised is not determinative. The declarations granted by the judge were set aside except for the jurisdictionally neutral declaration reflecting the parties’ agreement.

  • Patents
  • Frand licensing
  • Standard-essential patents
  • Jurisdictional conflict
  • Interim licence
  • Comity
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