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23 February 2021PatentsAlex Baldwin

Exclusive interview: the ‘Crown use’ cliffhanger where the govt was the real winner

A longstanding and public patent dispute came to an end last week when the UK Court of Appeals ruled that Vodafone had infringed on a standard-essential patent held by IPCom while developing a telecoms solution for the government.

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