Jurisdictional tussling: the UK is open for business on FRAND

08 October, 2020
The recent Supreme Court decision in Unwired Planet v Huawei answered many important questions about the UK court’s approach to FRAND disputes. However, it also left areas of uncertainty, particularly on the issue of jurisdiction. The High Court decision in Philips v TCL ([2020] EWHC 2553 (Ch)), handed down around a month after the Supreme Court’s judgment, confirms that the UK will take an expansive approach to its jurisdiction to determine FRAND licence terms. Read more

FRAND patent licensing: Supreme Court stays the course

24 September, 2020
Andrew Moir and David Webb have today published an article about the recent Supreme Court FRAND decision in Unwired Planet in PLC Magazine. This article first appeared in the October 2020 issue of PLC Magazine. The article analyses the Supreme Court’s judgment, which provides welcome guidance on the UK’s approach to FRAND licensing, much of … Read more

UK Supreme Court stays the course in Unwired Planet and Conversant – confirming the approach to FRAND adopted by the lower courts

26 August, 2020
On 26 August 2020 the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in Unwired Planet v Huawei [2018] EWCA Civ 2344 (the “Unwired Planet Appeal”) and Conversant v Huawei and ZTE [2019] EWCA Civ 38 (the “Conversant Appeal”). The Unwired Planet Appeal concerned the courts’ jurisdiction to determine global FRAND (Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) licence terms, the … Read more

UK Supreme Court hands down judgment in Unwired Planet

26 August, 2020
The UK Supreme Court has this morning handed down judgment in the much anticipated FRAND case of Unwired Planet v Huawei [2018] EWCA Civ 2344, as well as Conversant v Huawei and ZTE [2019] EWCA Civ 38, which was heard alongside Unwired Planet. Read more