Patents - Koninklijke Philips NV v Tinno Mobile Technology Corp.
Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory Photographer T umi-1983 Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Mann) Koninklijke Philips NV v Tinno Mobile Technology Corporation and others [2020] EWHC 2553 (Ch) (25 Sept 2020) This was an application and cross-application in a patent infringement case. Koninklijke Philips NV ("Phillips") claimed that the TCL Corporation and four of its subsidiaries ("TCL") had infringed two of its patents in complying with an ETSI standard for 3G and 4G phones. At first, TCL denied infringement, challenged the essentiality and validity of the patents and the jurisdiction of the court. Later it declared itself willing to take a licence on FRAND terms and applied to the French courts to determine them. Phillips tried unsuccessfully to persuade the French court to stay the proceedings in France to allow its claim in England to proceed. By a decision dated 6 Feb 2020 ( Ordonnance du Juge de la Mise en État ), the French pro...