Essential Patent LLC (LexBlog India)
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India’s High Court of Delhi issues guidance on SEP licensing that seeks to harmonize decisions in other countries (Intex v. Ericsson)
Last week, India’s High Court of Delhi issued a 64-page decision in the standard essential patent (SEP) dispute between mobile phone importer Intex Technologies and Ericsson who owns telecommunication patents subject to commitments to license on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms under intellectual property rights (IPR) policies of standard development organizations (SDOs),...
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Competition Commission of India initiates another investigation of Ericsson’s licensing of FRAND committed cellular patents
In an order dated January 16, 2014, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) ordered another investigation into Ericsson’s licensing of cellular patents that are subject to FRAND obligations, which investigation will parallel a similar investigation of Ericsson that CCI ordered on November 12, 2013 (discussed in our prior post). The rationale for this new investigation, requested by Intex...
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Competition Commission of India investigating Ericsson’s licensing of FRAND committed cellular patents
In an order dated November 12, 2013, the Competition Commission of India ordered an investigation into Ericsson’s licensing of cellular patents that are subject to FRAND obligations for certain ETSI standards. This investigation is based on information provided by Micromax Informatics Limited (“the Informant”) that had been approached by Ericsson (“the Opposite Party” or “OP”)...