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P.S., I Don’t Love You: UK Court Delivers Blow to Apple in FRAND Fight with Optis But Laments ‘Dysfunctional’ SEP Dispute System

IP Watchdog

But in a post script to the ruling, Lord Justice Arnold said both Apple’s appeal and Optis’s cross-appeal “illustrate yet again the dysfunctional state of the current system for determining SEP/FRAND disputes” and that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and other standards development organizaitons (SDOs) should “make legally-enforceable (..)

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What’s in a number? A discussion of two decisions concerning rights in telephone numbers

IP Whiteboard

The second is a domain name decision of a WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel in Multi-National Concepts Pty Ltd v. For example, the majority of the Panel in Inbound Telecommunications Pty Ltd, Phonename Marketing Australia Pty Ltd v. 1300 Directory Pty Ltd , WIPO Case No. DAU2009-0002. Federal Court decision. Other WIPO cases.