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Comment: Apple’s SEP-licensing appeal loss shows UK court skeptical of antitrust arguments

By Simon Zekaria ( November 14, 2022, 15:20 GMT | Comment) -- Apple's recent defeat at the hands of UK judges over fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory phone technology licensing is a warning to Standard Essential Patent implementers that antitrust rules can't be relied on to counter legal and commercial risk. The Court of Appeal ruling also shone a light on the growth in often-messy litigation over patent infringements.Apple's recent failed appeal of a UK court ruling over a technology licensing dispute with Optis Cellular Technology carried lessons beyond intellectual property licensing and into the arena of antitrust law....

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