Market accepted license defines FRAND conditions

The starting point is the established practice of licensing exclusively for standard essential patents granted worldwide to all companies of a worldwide group of companies at the same time. Against this background, the Düsseldorf Regional Court (Landgericht Dusseldorf) found in 2008 that a license only for the German patents of the licensed patent portfolio would represent an unjustifiable unequal treatment compared to other licensees. This also applies to the granting of a license only to a German group company.

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