On May 18, 2026, a Division Bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla of the Delhi High Court pronounced their verdict in K.K. Bansal v Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV,…
On 19 March 2026, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body established a panel in DS632, China – Worldwide Licensing Terms for Standard Essential Patents, the EU’s second SEP dispute with China. In the first…
Colombia’s handling of preliminary injunctions in disputes over standard essential patents (SEPs) have attracted the scrutiny of the Andean Community. This blogpost revisits these developments from…
In late September, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Germany’s Munich Regional Court issued the world’s first “anti-interim license” injunction orders (AILIs). These…
The withdrawal of the European Commission’s Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Regulation proposal earlier this year has left a significant void in EU intellectual property policy. This decision was…
Two recent patent decisions on opposite sides of the Atlantic - EcoFactor v. Google in the United States and Optis v. Apple in the United Kingdom - highlight a growing divergence in the role of…
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are at the heart of global technology markets, particularly in 4G/5G communications. While SEPs ensure interoperability, they also raise significant licensing…
Back in January 2025, the EU initiated consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge the practice of Chinese courts to unilaterally set binding global royalty rates for non-Chinese…
In another standard essential patents (SEPs) case from the Unified Patent Court (UPC), on 18 December 2024 the Munich Local Division (LD) issued an injunction in favour of Huawei (UPC_CFI_9/2023, …
