Patents - Interdigital Technology Corporation and others v Lenovo Group Ltd. and others
Author Interdigital Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Mellor) Interdigital Technology Corp and others v Lenovo Group Ltd and others [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat) 16 March 2023 This was the second time that an English court had been called upon to determine what terms were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory ("FRAND") in a licence between holders of patents that are essential for compliance with a technical standard ("standard essential patent" or "SEPs") and those wishing to use those patents to comply with the standard ("implementers"). The other time was in Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd and another [2017] EWHC 711 (Pat) ("UPHC"). Mr Justice Birss (as he then was) settled an agreement on FRAND terms which he annexed to his judgment in Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and another [2017] EWHC 1304 (Pa...