Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The decision is significant as it is the first by the Fifth Circuit to address the licensing of standards-essential patents and the meaning of “fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) licensing terms, adding to the growing body of jurisprudence already issued by the Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits in this area.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2021

The decision rejected HTC’s argument that the non-discrimination portion of the FRAND commitment required Ericsson to give HTC the same licensing terms as given larger mobile device manufacturers, because that would convert the ETSI FRAND commitment into a most-favored-licensee approach that ETSI had refused to adopt. per 4G device.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2023

Tunstall had already granted licenses on the STMF technology to hardware and software providers active in Belgium. In 2021, Tunstall accused a client (Télé-Secours) and a competing software provider (Victrix) of infringing its patent. Victrix requested such a license from Tunstall, but was denied it.

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