By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( July 1, 2026, 12:41 GMT | Insight) -- A three-day hearing at the UK Supreme Court between Apple and Optis concluded on Wednesday, with the country’s highest court now set to make the most consequential decision in six years on the setting of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, or FRAND, rates for standard essential patents, or SEPs.The UK Supreme Court is now considering its judgment on one of the most crucial debates in the world of SEPs since 2020, when the UK’s highest court decided in the landmark Unwired Planet case that UK judges could make decisions on global FRAND rates (see here)....
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