【观察】宋献涛:浅析英国Optis v. Apple案FRAND禁令上诉判决要点及启示
作者:宋献涛 乾成律师事务所高级合伙人
重点导读:
看点1:FRAND禁令的颁发可以提前到FRAND审理之前
看点2:权利人若滥用权利,实施者可寻求补偿
看点3:FRAND审理之前签署的承诺不是完全的“空头支票”
看点4:禁令是抓手,但不能把实施者抓死
看点5:Arnold法官的言不由衷
启示1:扩大司法管辖范围,引领国际审判潮流
启示2:结合国内产业状况,调整司法政策导向
注释:
1.判决书编号为[2022] EWCA Civ 1411,由Arnold法官执笔,另外两名法官未发表任何异议。
2.即Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory,公平、合理、无歧视,简称FRAND。
3.详见判决书第19段。
4.“FRAND禁令”是英国高等法院Birss法官在UP v. Huawei案一审中提出的。从Birss法官的原话来看,他创设的“FRAND禁令”是指在法院已经确定了FRAND许可、但被告尚未接受该FRAND许可的时候才会颁发。原话为:With this problem in mind and assuming an injunction should be granted at all I will consider, absent appeal, what the correct form of a final injunction in respect of patents the subject of a FRAND undertaking should be when the court has settled a FRAND licence but the defendant has not entered into it. I will call this a FRAND injunction.
5.When an ESSENTIAL IPR relating to a particular STANDARD or TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION is brought to the attention of ETSI, the Director-General of ETSI shall immediately request the owner to give within three months an irrevocable undertaking in writing that it is prepared to grant irrevocable licences on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms and conditions under such IPR to at least the following extent:
- MANUFACTURE, including the right to make or have made customized components and sub-systems to the licensee's own design for use in MANUFACTURE;
- sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of EQUIPMENT so MANUFACTURED;
- repair, use, or operate EQUIPMENT; and
- use METHODS.
The above undertaking may be made subject to the condition that those who seek licences agree to reciprocate.
6.参见判决书第13-15段。
7.参见判决书第76段。
8.参见判决书第19段。
9.参见判决书第71段。
10.参见判决书第63、73、75段。
11.参见判决书第76段。
12.参见判决书第40段。
13.参见判决书第115段。
14.姚兵兵:《谈主要发达国家出台SEP政策意见对许可谈判的影响——评美英欧日SEP最新政策动向及进展》,知产前沿,2022-11-03。
(本文仅代表作者个人观点,不代表知产财经立场)
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