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NIPC Law
FRAND: Samsung Electronics v ZTE Corp.
By janelambertnipclaw-blogspot-com
Lord Justice MeadeAuthor: Judicial Office (England and Wales) Licence: OGL V.3.0, Source: Wikimedia Commons Jane LambertPatents Court (Mr Justice Meade) Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and another v ZTE Corporation and others…
The IPKat
[Guest post] Standard Essential Patent Litigation in Brazil: A Short Story of Sharp Practices
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution from Katfriends Pedro Marcos Nunes Barbosa (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Denis Borges Barbosa Advogados) and…
NIPC Law
Patents – Tesla Inc v InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc
By janelambertnipclaw-blogspot-com
This was an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in Tesla Inc and another v IDAC Holdings Inc and Others [2025] EWCA Civ 193 (6 March 2025) to dismiss…
IP Finance
FRAND licensing needs a taxonomy: valuation absent context is misvaluation
By IP Finance
The World Intellectual Property Organization's recent report on SEP valuation methodologies provides a useful overview of comparable licences, bottom-up valuation and top-down approaches. However, in my view, the most important…
Fox Mandal Blogs
Beyond SEP Litigation: The Delhi High Court’s Roadmap for Patent Exhaustion, FRAND and India’s Manufacturing Economy
By Fox@Admin21
Beyond SEP Litigation: The Delhi High Court’s Roadmap for Patent Exhaustion, FRAND, and India’s Manufacturing Economy July 10, 2026 Abhishek Jain On 18 May 2026, the Division Bench of the…
IP Finance
FRAND commitments include no right to a platform licence
By IP Finance
In my recent article, Are patent pool royalty rates FRAND?, I argued that patent pool and platform rates are structurally unsuited to serve as benchmarks for bilateral FRAND licensing. That analysis…
IP Finance
Are patent pool royalty rates FRAND?
By IP Finance
This question sits at the intersection of licensing practice, competition policy, and judicial interpretation. Courts, regulators, and industry participants often look to patent pools for guidance in determining FRAND
GAVC Law
Acer v Nokia on RAND claims: A good example of qualification aka characterisation in the conflict of laws.
I have been otherwise engaged for most of May and have a bit of a backlog on the blog – I shall try and tackle in in the upcoming days.…
Spicy IP
What’s in a Name? The Quintessential Misnomers That Are Untested SEPs: Thoughts on the Division Bench Judgment in Bansal v. Philips
By SpicyIP
The Delhi High Court’s recent Division Bench ruling in Bansal v. Philips Division Bench Judgment may well become one of the most consequential SEP/FRAND decisions in India so far. In…
Spicy IP
Breaking: Breakthrough for India’s SEP Jurisprudence in new Philips v. Rajesh Bansal ruling!
DVDs are long gone from our markets, yet their SEPs continue to be on pause, play, rewind! A momentous decision has been delivered by the Delhi High Court today –…