India’s Approach to SEPs and FRAND Licensing: IPR and Antitrust Law Narratives

Introduction The smartphones, laptops, pen drives etc. that we carry, function seamlessly because of certain standards, i.e., certain widely accepted technical rules that ensure interoperability. These standards are often built upon, SEPs or Standard Essential Patents. Standard Essential Patents, simply put, are the standardised and essential patents indispensable for the implementation of a technical standard. […]

Intersection between Intellectual Property (IP) and Competition Law

With a growing buzz around how IP and Competition law interface with each other, instances when they can be coupled by Defendants to raise concerns/defense arguments, as to how and when investigations can be initiated through the Competition Commission of India (CCI), are becoming critical and hence need clarity at all ends. This piece is […]