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Patents - IPCom GmbH & Co Kg v Vodafone Group Plc

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  Author  Goodtiming8871   Licence CC BY=SA 4 ,- Source Wikipedia Wireless     J ane Lambert Court of Appeal ( Lord Justice Lewison, Lady Justice Asplin and Lord Justice Arnold) IPCom GmbH & Co Kg v Vodafone Group Plc and others  [2021] EWCA Civ 205 (19 Feb 2021) This was an appeal by both sides against the judgment of Mr Recorder Campbell QC in IPcom GmbH & Co Kg v Vodafone Group Plc and others [2020] EWHC 132 (Pat) (28 Jan 2020).  That had been a claim by  IPCpm GmbH & Co Kg  against several companies in the Vodafone group for infringement of European Patent (UK) number EP2579666B1for Allocation of access rights for a telecommunications channel to subscriber stations of a telecommunications network . Mr Justice Birss had ordered the trial to dispose of some of the issues in a wider dispute over whether the Vodafone companies were obliged to take a licence from IPCom on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory)...