In this issue:
In our previous issue we took a broad look at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property. Now we’re burrowing more deeply, looking at the ECJ’s decision in Huawei v ZTE that attempts to establish an EU framework for SEP licensing negotiations—a decision made even more noteworthy as the two players are both Chinese tech giants. Our authors address whether the decision cleared the waters—or made them murkier.
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The Huawei-ZTE Decision
Huawei Technologies: More Certainty on SEP Injunctions, But Not the End of the Story
It is, therefore, clear that there remains some scope for a divergence in the approach taken in different Member States. Kyriakos Fountoukakos & Nick Root (Herbert Smith Freehills LLP)
The ECJ Huawei–ZTE Decision: En Route to Ending Hold-Out?
The importance of the Decision lies in the procedural framework it provides for licensing negotiations. Dina Kallay (Ericsson)
Huawei v ZTE – No More Need to Look at the Orange Book in SEP Disputes
It is perhaps a sign of changing times that a key EU decision is being set for the first time by Chinese tech giants rather than U.S. ones. James Killick & Stratigoula Sakellariou (White & Case LLP)
Huaweï v ZTE: Judicial Conservatism at the Patent-Antitrust Intersection
This short paper argues that Huaweï v ZTE is a conservative judgment—it only extends by a razor-thin margin the zone of antitrust liability for patent owners. Nicolas Petit (University of Liège)
Huawei: Establishing the Legal Standard for a FRAND Defense as a Basis for Resisting Requests for Injunctive Relief for Infringements of SEPs Under Competition Law
The CJEU appears to have considered incorrectly that a request for an injunction is analogous to a refusal to license. Miguel Rato, Collette Rawnsley, & Mark English (Shearman & Sterling LLP)
