Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND)

Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND), Intellectual property (IP), Standard essential patent (SEP), Turkey

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While the intersection between intellectual property and competition law has always been an issue due to the imbalance between the exclusivity rights ensured by intellectual property law and the anti-competitive practices that the competition law protects, there are mechanisms in place to ensure a fair balance, such as the notion of standard-essential patents (“SEP”) and…

App stores, Apple, Digital Markets Act, European Commission, Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND)

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The DMA will start to apply in March 2024. The European Commission (EC) has acquired the compromise to make the process of the DMA’s future implementation, monitoring and oversight of compliance as transparent as possible. After the first two stakeholders’ workshops on the ban on self-preferencing and interoperability relating to messaging services, on the 6th of…

Connected cars, European Union, Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND)

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Standards and Standard-Setting Organizations Smart cars rely on interconnectivity and interoperability: in order to achieve autonomous driving, driverless vehicles will have to understand and engage with their environment so they can react and adapt accordingly. Connected cars will become one of the applications of the internet of things as vehicles will be constantly exchanging information…

China, Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND), Intellectual property (IP), Standard essential patent (SEP)

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On 4 January 2018, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court (Court) rendered a landmark judgment in the Huawei v. Samsung standard essential patent (SEP) case that is expected to reshape dynamics between SEP licensors and licensees. On 21 March 2018, the Court released the non-confidential version of its judgment to the public. The Court ruled in…

European Union, Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND), Intellectual property (IP), Standard essential patent (SEP)

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Standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms remain hotly debated topics within antitrust circles as regulators around the world stake out their positions. In November 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) published its Communication on the EU approach to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) (the Communication).[1]  It sets out a general,…