UK’s top court to hear landmark Optis-Apple case for SEPs
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( June 25, 2026, 12:04 GMT | Comment) -- A landmark case between Optis and Apple over how fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms are decided for licensing Standard Essential Patents is set to be heard by the UK’s Supreme Court in the week ahead. The case promises to be a decisive positioning for the UK as an arbiter of global SEP disputes.Optis and Apple are set to meet at the UK Supreme Court in a dispute over what role the UK should play in settling global disagreements over Standard Essential Patents, and how the value of those patents should be decided on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory — FRAND — terms....
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