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European Telecommunications Standards Institute has the primary responsibility within Europe for the production of electronic communications standards for pan-European application.

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Standard essential patents and FRAND licensing

This Practice Note addresses the role played by standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing in patent litigation before the Courts of England and Wales (the English Courts). In particular, this Practice Note considers the legal landscape following the UK Supreme Court decision handed down on 26 August 2020 in the conjoined Unwired Planet and Conversant appeals and the practical implications of this decision. For further information, see News Analysis: Supreme Court—English courts can determine terms of global licences for portfolios of standard essential patents (Unwired Planet v Huawei).A second judgment was handed down on 16 March 2023 in the dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo following a FRAND trial in the High Court in January 2022, shedding further light on a number of the issues addressed in Unwired Planet.The third judgment on FRAND rates by the High Court was handed down (in redacted form) on 7 June 2023 (the judgment dated 10 May 2023), in the dispute between Optis Cellular Technology and Apple. This judgment gives...

Security requirements for mobile payments

Security requirements for mobile payments Introduction This Practice Note outlines the key legal issues regarding security faced by mobile payment service providers as well as those faced by the customer, and how these are being addressed in upcoming European legislation. Mobile payments, as an industry, is rapidly expanding in the UK with the launch of Apple Pay, Google's 'Android Pay' and Samsung's 'Samsung Pay'. The retail payments market has experienced significant technical innovation, with rapid growth in the number of electronic and mobile payments and the emergence of new types of payment services in the market place, which challenges the current framework. This has resulted in payment services legislation, such as the Payment Services Directive (2007/64/EC) (PSD), which was implemented in the UK by the Payment Services Regulations (SI 2009/209) (PSR), becoming outdated in some respects, particularly in relation to security issues, leading to reform of the PSD. The European Parliament adopted the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) on 8 October 2015. The Council of the European Union adopted...

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What is the effect of Brexit on BSI and ISO standards?

What is the effect of Brexit on BSI and ISO standards? The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) develops and publishes international standards on a variety of subjects and areas, such as quality management, information security, environmental policy and the manufacturing of specific goods. These standards provide requirements, specifications, guidance and essential characteristics which are used to consistently ensure that the provision of materials, products, processes and services are fit for service irrespective of their source. The British Standards Institution (BSI) works in a similar capacity, but at a national level. It Is the recognised ‘National Standards Body’ for the UK, and is also the UK’s representative in international bodies like the ISO, as well as the European standards bodies, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Standardisation and the impact of Brexit In order to prevent standards conflicts the main international and European bodies entered into agreements (the Vienna Agreement and the Dresden...

How do regulators decide if licensing is according to FRAND terms?

How do regulators decide if licensing is according to FRAND terms? Purpose of FRAND terms Occasionally, companies involved in high-tech industries co-operate to devise common standards. For example, mobile telephone operators co-operate on issues such as ensuring interoperability, like GSM, 3G and 4G, often through an agency like the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Where a company contributes its patented technology to a common standard, it must agree in return to license the relevant patents to competitors on FRAND terms (ie terms which are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory). However, there is scope for dispute. FRAND terms are designed to ensure that essential protected technology incorporated in a standard is accessible to all the users of that standard on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions. In particular, FRAND terms can prevent intellectual property rights holders from making the implementation of a standard difficult by refusing to license or by requesting unfair or unreasonable fees (in other words excessive fees) after the industry has...

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TMT weekly highlights—15 May 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of the TMT weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from across the technology, media and telecoms sectors. These highlights focus on key topics including new technologies, software, cloud computing, internet, outsourcing, music, film & television, publishing, defamation and telecoms.

Information Law weekly highlights—15 May 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Information Law weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content related to laws governing the use and dissemination of information and personal data. Each week these highlights focus on developments in key topics such as data protection, ePrivacy, cybersecurity, breach of confidence, misuse of private information, and defamation.

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