The Appeal in Optis v Apple
iPhones Author iPhone 15 Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Newey, Arnold and Birss) Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others [2025] EWCA Civ 552 (1 May 2025) This was an appeal by Optis Cellular Technology LLC, Optis Wireless Technology LLC and Unwired Planet International Ltd. ("Optis") against a declaration by Mr Justice Marcus Smith on 16 Feb 2024 that a licence annexed to his order was fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory ("FRAND"), The learned judge had granted the declaration following his judgments in Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others [2023] EWHC 1095 (Ch) 10 May 2023 and Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others v Apple Retail UK Ltd and others : [2024] EWHC 197 (Ch) 14 Feb 2024. According to para [4] of Lord Justice Birss's judgment in Optis Cellular Technology LL...