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Category: VoiceAge EVS v. HMD

Munich appeals court postpones key FRAND ruling in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD case with European Commission intervention

February 20, 2025

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…
In pivotal FRAND case, Munich appeals court struggles with two aspects of Huawei v. ZTE — and unnecessarily so

November 2, 2024

In a SEP case in which the European Commission is intervening as an amicus curiae, the Munich Higher Regional Court raised two questions about Huawei v. ZTE that this article answers.
Munich appeals court rejects German approach to standard-essential patents, tends to pave way for next ECJ ruling on FRAND

October 31, 2024

The Munich appeals court rejects a FRAND framework under which practically every implementer of a standard gets enjoined, often over petty behavioral details.
EU commissioner-designate for Internal Market makes strong commitment to UPC, won’t risk confirmation over SEP Regulation

October 25, 2024

The likely new EU commissioner for the Internal Market, Stéphane Séjourné has made an unequivocal statement in favor of strengthening the Unified Patent Court, and said what he had to say at this stage about the proposed SEP Regulation.
What’s a reasonable percentage of FRAND wins for SEP holders in litigation in a given jurisdiction?

August 5, 2024

Intuitively, one might be led to think that a legal standard resulting in an even split between wins and losses is right. It’s not that simple, but a 100-0 distribution or anything similar can hardly be anything but wrong.
European Commission flowchart maps out path to SEP injunctions: strict sequentiality, forget Sisvel v. Haier

August 4, 2024

The European Commission’s first-ever SEP-related amicus curiae brief contains a flowchart that visualizes the path to a SEP injunction or, conversely, its denial.
European Commission asks Munich appeals court to reverse lower court in standard-essential patent case

March 26, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) has asked the Munich Higher Regional Court for permission to appear as an amicus curiae on the defendant’s behalf in a VoiceAge EVS v. HMD case. Different aspects of the EC’s initiative raise serious questions about the agency’s understanding of SEP issues.