Category: United Kingdom
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Access Advance defends video patent pool rates against Snap’s RAND challenge
Access Advance is challenging Snap’s attempt to secure court-determined licensing terms for its video patent pool, raising questions about the limits of UK judicial intervention in multi-party licensing arrangements.
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UK IPO seeks views on feasibility of FRAND Opinion Service
The UK is exploring a less formal approach to SEP licensing disputes, with a proposed IPO-led service offering independent, non-binding assessments of whether licensing offers fall within a plausible FRAND range.
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UK government rejects new FRAND rate-setting track in SEP policy response
The UK government has rejected a dedicated FRAND rate-setting track in favor of exploring early judicial evaluation and non-binding IPO opinions, while leaving the existing injunction framework unchanged.
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Lord Justice Meade, Lord Justice Birss to speak at OxFirst’s 15th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum
The 15th edition of this event will be held at Oxford University in January. ip fray plans to cover the conference during and after it takes place, and a discount is available for ip fray readers.
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SIM IP acquires QinetiQ cross-domain security patent portfolio rooted in UK defense research
SIM IP has acquired eight QinetiQ patent families covering cross-domain security, the technology deciding whether external data can enter trusted networks, with which it plans to launch an open licensing program.
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UK court finds Samsung patent asserted against ZTE valid; essentiality was conceded
Samsung has technically prevailed on a 5G patent, though ZTE can appeal the decision. Its last successful SEP assertion was against Apple in 2013 and resulted in a presidential veto.
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Opinion: Access Advance’s view on the UK Supreme Court’s Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci decisionÂ
The UK Supreme Court’s decision in Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci recognizes, as have courts around the world, that patent pools which are procompetitive are efficient, market-driven mechanisms that drive rapid and widespread adoption of standardized technology, enabling better consumer experience while ensuring interoperability. Indeed, that widely accepted truth is an important driver of the UK Supreme Court’s…
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EWHC hinders Accord’s plans to launch Entresto competing product in Novartis patent dispute
Mr. Justice Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales has held that all of Accord’s “attacks” on a Novartis Entresto patent have failed, and its own intended competing product would infringe the defendant’s supplementary protection certificate.
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Could the UK Supreme Court’s Avanci ruling affect SEP holders outside the pool?
The UK Supreme Court’s Tesla v. InterDigital & Avanci decision did not determine the merits, but opens the door to broader questions about the relationship between patent pool licensing and FRAND obligations.
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Tesla wins UK Supreme Court appeal against InterDigital & Avanci: totally unhinged UKSC engages in reckless judicial imperialism
Some of the same judges who were responsible for Unwired v. Huawei and the interjurisdictional friction it created have stepped over the line once more, engaging in outright usurpation.