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Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Dyuti Pandya (LL.M Gujarat Maritime University)

China’s Supreme People Court decides FRAND dispute in ACT v Oppo

March 20, 2024

In December 2023, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China found that Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo was responsible for infringing six Chinese standard essential patents (SEPs):…

Anne Marie Verschuur , Selmer Bergsma , Bart de Rijke , Bart Rietema (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek)

A Critical Analysis of the EC Proposal for SEP Regulation

February 27, 2024

The proposal of the European Commission on the Regulation of SEP's (the "Proposal") has elicited criticism from various sides, including patent attorneys and lawyers, law professors, the government…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Nicola Lucchi (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) , Dyuti Pandya (LL.M Gujarat Maritime University)

Can Standard Essential Patents Accelerate Ecological Transition?

January 25, 2024

The potential of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in driving the ecological transition poses a compelling question. Could these patents be instrumental in fostering innovative technologies and…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Dyuti Pandya (LL.M Gujarat Maritime University)

Global FRAND rates in China

December 21, 2023

On 4th December 2023, the Intermediate People’s Court of Chongqing Municipality in China handed down its FRAND determination in the global 5G patent licensing dispute between patent owner Nokia and…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Shreya Sampathkumar (Christ University Bangalore)

Countering Criticisms to the Proposed EU SEPs Regulation

November 27, 2023

The European Commission’s proposed Regulation to regulate standard essential patents (SEPs) in the EU has been a subject of much debate. Its explanatory memorandum sets forth its aim, including to…

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Tanvi Agarwal (West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences)

The recent Chinese ‘Anti-Monopoly Guidelines’ on Standard Essential Patents

November 21, 2023

A judicial and academic debate on standard essential patents (SEPs) in China has recently arisen. The issuance of anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) by Chinese courts in a relatively short period of time …

Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London) , Mahak Kansara (Advocate, Bar Council of Rajasthan, India)

Recent Indian Case Law on Standard Essential Patents

October 23, 2023

An earlier post on case law on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in India looked at decisions published until 2021. This very comment updates the analysis by covering more recent cases occurred in…

Luke Maunder , Rachael Cartwright (Bristows)

Optis v Apple: English Court gets to the core of the saga

June 13, 2023

As many readers will know, Apple and Optis have been engaged in international litigation concerning Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) since 2019. On 26 February 2019, Optis filed an action against…

Joachim Henkel (Technical University of Munich)

The Proposed EU Regulation on SEPs (II): Comments on critique

May 4, 2023

In an earlier post I explained the issues that the proposed EU Regulation on SEPs intends to address, and why neither the market nor the courts solve them. Here, I discuss three points of critique…