FRAND and compulsory license defense – District Court Düsseldorf refers questions on the available remedies for owners of standard essential patents to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
by Hetti Hilge The District Court Duesseldorf stayed a case between Huawei and ZTE concerning mobile and base stations within the LTE standard and referred five question to the CJEU (docket No. 4b O 104/12). The court wants to clarify under what circumstances an infringement court has to consider a compulsory license defense in a…