Category: VoiceAge EVS
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Munich appeals court postpones key FRAND ruling in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD case with European Commission intervention
We don’t normally report on scheduling decisions, but the standard-essential patent (SEP) ecosystem eagerly awaits the ruling by the Oberlandesgericht München (Munich Higher Regional Court) in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD. It was originally scheduled for February 6, 2025, then postponed by two weeks to today, and has now been pushed back another four weeks to…
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Munich appeals court rejects German approach to standard-essential patents, tends to pave way for next ECJ ruling on FRAND
The Munich appeals court rejects a FRAND framework under which practically every implementer of a standard gets enjoined, often over petty behavioral details.
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European Commission court filing completely disagrees with Sisvel v. Haier: German SEP case law is irreconcilable with EU law
In an amicus curiae brief filed in an appeal by HMD of a Munich judgment in favor of VoiceAge EVS, the European Commission completely rejects (without mentioning it by name) the Sisvel v. Haier decision by Germrany’s Federal Court of Justice.