C om panies are requiredtolicense their in-tellectual propertyunder“fair,reasonable andnon-discrim inatory”(FR A N D )term s if it is in-cludedintechindustrystandards,sincerivalshavelittlechoicebut toadopt it intheir ow nproducts.(英国《金融时报》)
企业必须在“公正、合理和非歧视”的原则下(FR A N D )授权有关行业标准的技术专利,因为竞争对手在此种情况下除了采用这种技术专利几乎没有其他选择。
欧盟17日通知摩托罗拉移动,苹果已向欧盟投诉摩托罗拉移动在向苹果授权与行业标准有关的关键技术专利时,违反了有关FR A N D的承诺。此前美国和欧盟的监管机构均表示,如果企业凭借其持有的行业关键专利向竞争对手过高要价,他们将进行干预。行业关键专利涉及行业标准,对确保不同公司生产的通信设备能协同工作来说至关重要。摩托罗拉移动表示愿意就专利授权问题同苹果展开谈判。
“W e are aw are of the increasinglystrate-gicuseof patents inthesector andarevigil-ant,”EU"s antitrust chief JoaquinA lm uniasaidFeb. 13.“W e canavoida continuationofthis patent w ar.”(彭博社)
G oogle is buyingM otorolaM obilityfor $12 .5 billion to getitshandson 17,000patents,after G oogle failedtosnagapiece ofthe N ortel"s patent trove.(《华尔街日报》)
A pple andM otorola M obilityhave suedeachother in the U .S.and Europe over technology used insm artphones,a m arket that researcher ID Csaid grew55 percent last year. M otorola M obility w on tw o outof three rulings in lawsuits it filed against A pple in aM annheim,G erm any,court,and inone case forcedA pple to rem ove som e older iPhone and iPad m odelsfrom its online store in Germ any.(彭博社)