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The Interface between Competition Law and Standard Essential Patents – Some Early Comments on the Huawei Case

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Posted by Social Science Research Network

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    The Interface between Competition Law and Standard Essential Patents – Some Early Comments on the Huawei Case Bjorn Lundqvist (Copenhagen Business School)

    Abstract: The Huawei case has been long awaited and many in academia hoped that it would finally deliver answers to when and on what terms access to so-called Standard Essential Patents would be granted under EU Antitrust law. However, the question is if Huawei is that case. On the contrary, it seems that the ECJ ruling gives room for speculations, some of which are dealt with in this paper.