FRAND - Conversant Wireless Licensing v Huawei and Another
Huawei's Head Office Author: Dr Bernd Gross Licence Copyright waived by the owner Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Henry Carr) Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL v Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and others [2018] EWHC 808 (Pat) Although the precise relief sought in these proceedings is not mentioned in this judgment, it must have been a strike out or stay of a claim for patent infringement. The applicants were the Chinese companies, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd . ("Huawei") and the ZTE Corporation ("ZTE") and their respective British subsidiaries which are defendants to a claim by Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L ("Conversant") for patent infringement. The patents alleged to have been infringed are part of a worldwide portfolio that Conversant has offered to license on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms. I discussed such licences in FRAND on 8 Oct 2017 and FRAND - a...