The Effect of FRAND Commitments on Patent Remedies

Patent Remedies and Complex Products: Toward a Global Consensus, Ch. 5 (Brad Biddle, Jorge L. Contreras, Brian J. Love, and Norman V. Siebrasse, eds., Cambridge University Press: 2019)

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 286

42 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2018 Last revised: 1 Aug 2019

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Jorge L. Contreras

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Thomas F. Cotter

University of Minnesota Law School

Sang Jo Jong

Seoul National University - College of Law

Brian J. Love

Santa Clara University - School of Law

Nicolas Petit

European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)

Peter Georg Picht

University of Zurich - Institute of Law

Norman Siebrasse

University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law

Rafał Sikorski

Adam Mickiewicz University

Masabumi Suzuki

Faculty of Law, Waseda University

Jacques de Werra

Digital Law Center - University of Geneva

Date Written: September 12, 2018

Abstract

This chapter addresses a special category of cases in which an asserted patent is, or has been declared to be, essential to the implementation of a collaboratively-developed voluntary consensus standard, and the holder of that patent has agreed to license it to implementers of the standard on terms that are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND). In this chapter, we explore how the existence of such a FRAND commitment may affect a patent holder’s entitlement to monetary damages and injunctive relief. In addition to issues of patent law, remedies law and contract law, we consider the effect of competition law on this issue.

Keywords: remedies, patent, standards, FRAND, standards-essential patent, SEP, injunction, willful infringement, enhanced damages, treble damages

Suggested Citation

Contreras, Jorge L. and Cotter, Thomas F. and Jong, Sang Jo and Love, Brian J. and Petit, Nicolas and Picht, Peter Georg and Siebrasse, Norman and Sikorski, Rafał and Suzuki, Masabumi and de Werra, Jacques, The Effect of FRAND Commitments on Patent Remedies (September 12, 2018). Patent Remedies and Complex Products: Toward a Global Consensus, Ch. 5 (Brad Biddle, Jorge L. Contreras, Brian J. Love, and Norman V. Siebrasse, eds., Cambridge University Press: 2019), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 286, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3248726

Jorge L. Contreras (Contact Author)

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Thomas F. Cotter

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Sang Jo Jong

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Brian J. Love

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Nicolas Petit

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Peter Georg Picht

University of Zurich - Institute of Law ( email )

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Norman Siebrasse

University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Rafał Sikorski

Adam Mickiewicz University ( email )

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Masabumi Suzuki

Faculty of Law, Waseda University ( email )

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