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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11362
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) internal market

Proprietor of a standard-essential patent holding a dominant position must present a specific offer to conclude a licence to the alleged infringer

Brussels, 17/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - A company which holds a standard-essential patent and which has undertaken in advance to grant third parties a licence on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms is not abusing its dominant position in bringing of an action for a prohibitory injunction against an alleged infringer of its patent if it has presented a specific offer to the alleged infringer to conclude a licence.

That is the key point of the ruling delivered by the court of Justice...

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