31 July 2020PatentsJulia Schönbohm

Sisvel v Haier: a win for SEP owners

On May 5, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued a fundamental and highly anticipated decision on the particularities of enforcing standard essential patents (SEPs) in Germany. It was the first time that the BGH had the opportunity to comment on important practical issues that arose from the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) landmark 2015 decision in Huawei v ZTE.

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