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Category: Federal Court of Justice

FRAND Friday: Federal Court of Justice, Munich I Regional Court release landmark SEP rulings; here’s why Renault (“daily million-fold infringement”), HMD, EC lost

February 20, 2026

Two major German SEP/FRAND rulings became publicly accessible this morning. This is a lot for practitioners to digest as both decisions address new questions (or old questions from new angles).
Federal Court of Justice of Germany terminates Deutsche Telekom’s antitrust litigation against IPCom over €200M license agreement from 2013

February 3, 2026

Fortress-backed patent licensing firm IPCom now has legal certainty regarding a licensing agreement it struck with Deutsche Telekom backin 2013.
Federal Court of Justice of Germany upholds Sisvel v. Haier I & II, declines EU Commission’s request for referral to ECJ: VoiceAge EVS wins over HMD

January 27, 2026

VoiceAGe EVS has won all the way, and the European Commission’s intervention yielded no result whatsoever.
HMD aligns itself with European Commission’s stance on FRAND in opening brief filed with top German court: VoiceAge EVS v. HMD

August 1, 2025

Like the European Commission in its amicus brief, HMD insists that the FRAND compliance of a SEP holder’s offer be ascertained prior to ordering an injunction.