Cordula Schumacher, partner with Arnold Ruess, who represented Sisvel in all lower court proceedings and attended the BGH hearing, describes why the court ruled that implementers must clearly demonstrate their willingness to take a license.

Sir Robin Jacob, former senior patent judge in the United Kingdom, and current Sir Hugh Laddie Chair Intellectual Property Law at University College of London, comments about patent licensing and FRAND.

Garrard R. Beeney, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and co-head of the Firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group, presents his thoughts on the Sisvel vs. Haier decision and the surrounding law.

Garrard R. Beeney, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and co-head of the Firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group, presents his thoughts on the Sisvel vs. Haier decision and the surrounding law.

Sir Robin Jacob, former senior patent judge in the United Kingdom, and current Sir Hugh Laddie Chair Intellectual Property Law at University College of London, analyses the rulings in the case.

The end of 2020 saw the German Federal Supreme Court’s (BGH) final decision in Sisvel vs. Haier. To us at Sisvel, this was a monumental decision which we asserted, “radically redefined the obligations of SEP implementors in patent negotiations as well as the remedies and damages available to patent owners when implementors deploy hold-out strategies and other delaying tactics.”

Cordula Schumacher, partner with Arnold Ruess, who represented Sisvel in all lower court proceedings and attended the BGH hearing, summarizes one of the key findings from the case.

A recent series of BGH decisions has radically redefined the obligations of SEP implementors in patent negotiations as well as the remedies and damages available to patent owners when implementors deploy hold-out strategies and other delaying tactics. Sisvel is hosting a free webinar on December 15 at 5:30 CET (11:30 AM EST) to discuss the cases and their implications.

Hello and welcome to our MCP blog! My name is David Muus and I am the program manager of the Sisvel Mobile Communication Program. As an opening post to this blog, I wanted to give you some key pointers of what Sisvel’s work in licensing patents on cellular technology includes and a brief explanation of elemental questions that you may have, in the form of an FAQ.

On April 2020, Sisvel announced the launch of a joint patent licensing effort for the MIOTY technology.