NIPC Law

Author Basher Eyre #   Lixnxw CC BY-SA 2. 0 Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mt Justice Marcus Smith)  Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc and others  [2020] EWHC 29 (Ch) (17 Jan 2020) This was an application by Asustek Computer In c. and its subsidiaries, Asustek (UK) Ltd. and Asus Technology Pte Limited. for an order that they cease to be parties to proceedings to determine the terms upon which Koninklijke Philips NV ("Philips") should offer licences to use its patents that are essential for compliance with standards set by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ("ETSI"}.  The application first came before Mr Justice Marcus Smith on 27 Nov 2019.  In Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc. and others [2019] EWHC 3463 (Pat) (27 Nov 2019) he decided to hear the application on 13 Dec 2019.  He dismissed the application on 17 Jan 2020 in Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc. and other s [2020] EWHC 29 (Ch) (1...

Philips's Head Office in Amsterdam Author Philips Source Wikipedia Philips   Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lord Justices Patten, Floyd and Henderson)    Koninklijke Philips N.V. v Asustek Computer Inc. and others [2019] EWCA Civ 2230 (17 Dec 2019) This was an appeal against three separate but related judgments by Mr Justice Arnold: Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc, and others [2018] EWHC 1224 (Pat) (23 May 2018):  Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc. and others [2018] EWHC 1732 (Pat) (10 July 2018); and  Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inc. and other s [2018] EWHC 1826 (Pat) (19 July 2018). Koninklijke Philips NV ("Philips") is the registered proprietor of the following European patents(UK):  EP1440525 for a radio communication system  ("525"),   EP1685659 for a radio communication system, method of operating a communication system, and a mobile station (""659") and...

Author Milkerfish Source Wikipedia   Creative Commons   CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Court of Appeal (Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justices Kitchin and Floyd)    Koninklijke Philips N.V. v Asustek Computer Incorporation and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 1526 (11 Oct 2017)   Jane Lambert In FRAND   8 Oct 2017 I discussed the terms upon which patents for inventions that are essential to a standard are licensed.  I noted that courts around the world had held that those terms should be fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory  - in other words, FRAND. The Court of Appeal's decision in Koninklijke Philips N.V. v Asustek Computer Incorporation and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 1526 (11 Oct 2017) concerned the construction of a clause licensing such patents. It is important to note, however, that none of the judges who heard the appeal mentioned the acronym, FRAND, and it appeared only twice in the judgment of the trial ju...