Certificates of Contested Validity - Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others
Author Subhrajyoti Saha, Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikipedia Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Birss) Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 3248 (Pat) (23 Nov 2020) On 23 Nov 2020 Mr Justice Birss held a hearing to decide the consequences of his judgment in Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 2746 (Pat) (16 Oct 2020) which I discussed in Patents - Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others 14 Nov 2020. It will be recalled that the patent in suit was found to be valid and essential to the relevant standard, that the counterclaim for revocation failed and the claim for infringement on the basis of compliance with the standard succeeded. The claimants were the clear winners and they were entitled to their costs. The first question for the judge was upon what basis thos...