Transceiver - Autumn 2018

Welcome to the Autumn edition of Transceiver, the newsletter from Taylor Wessing focusing on key issues and developments regarding standards and patents for businesses operating in the technology and communications sectors.

In this edition of Transceiver we take an in-depth look at the highly anticipated Unwired Planet decision. Following our news blast (see link below) last month we now will provide a further analysis on this decision from a UK, German and Dutch perspective, more specifically compare the approaches of the different courts with regard to the non-discriminatory part of FRAND.

We hope you will find our newsletter interesting and helpful. If you would like to discuss or learn more about any of the topics we have covered, or have any feedback on this edition, please contact one of the team.

In this issue you will find:

• UK news blast: Unwired Planet: the English Court of Appeal upholds the first instance decision - only a global licence was FRAND
• UK: Further analysis Unwired Planet v Huawei
• Netherlands: Unwired Planet v Huawei: Dutch Court considers FRAND to be a bandwidth, unclear whether prior licenses need to be disclosed
• Germany: Unwired Planet v Huawei: non-discrimination – a different approach in the UK and Germany