The High Court of Justice of England and Wales in 9 month 27 Day decision, Apple must commit to accept Optis Worldwide licensing of patents, To avoid facing a court injunction. Judge Richard．Mead (Richard Meade) Said in its ruling, If the standard necessary patent is found valid and infringed, As in this case, So the patent enforcer (Apple Inc) Must accept fairness, Reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) License clause to avoid court injunction.

This is Optis The latest ruling in a dispute between an intellectual property management company and Apple. FRAND The terms of the license will not be determined until a follow-up trial next year, But Mead ruled that Apple could avoid a court injunction by promising to accept a global license in advance.

But Apple is eager to see the terms of the license before committing itself, Mead added. "Therefore, Although somewhat unusual, But I think early commitment FRAND Clauses are not particularly difficult for implementers, And that means you can try to control it. " Meade representation, Any injunction that is enforced, Both will initially be in the UK Supreme Court Unwired Planet The standard set in the case against Huawei FRAND injunction. The ban would prevent the perpetrator from reaching FRAND Patent infringement before license.

the FRAND The licensing trial period will begin 2022 years 6 month.

(Compiled from www. managingip. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Wu Xian　proofread: Liu Peng

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