Germany: Zwangsvollstreckung bei kartellrechtlichem Zwangslizenzeinwand, Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe, 6 U 162/13, 19 February 2014

The CoA Karlsruhe held that the fact that a referral is pending before the CJEU regarding the issues of the criteria for raising the FRAND defense (C-170/13 Huawei) does not justify the suspension of the enforcement of an infringement judgment issued against a defendant. The court also expressed their expectation that – even after a future decision of the CJEU modifying the criteria set up by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in the Orange Book case – the minimum requirements of an acceptable offer and to render accounts for past infringement will still apply.

A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.