The Court of Appeal considers FRAND: Unwired Planet v Huawei
Author Ryry17354 Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 unoirted Source Wikipeoda Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lord Kitchin, Lord Justice Floyd and Lady Justice Asplin) Unwired Planet International Ltd and Another v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Another [2018] EWCA Civ 2344 (23 Oct 2018) FRAND stands for "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory". It is an acronym to describe the terms upon which licences should be granted for standard essential patents ( "SEPs" ). SEPs are patents for inventions that are crucial for compliance with a technical standard. I attempted an introduction to FRAND terms and SEPs in FRAND on 8 Oct 2017. Lord Kitchin gave a much better one in the first five paragraphs of his judgment in Unwired Planet International Ltd and Another v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Another [2018] EWCA Civ 2344 (23 Oct 2018). Unwired Planet In FRAND I discussed Mr Justice ...