The ECJ Huawei–ZTE Decision: En Route to Ending Hold-Out?

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Dina Kallay, Oct 27, 2015

On July 16 2015, the European Court of Justice issued its much-awaited decision in the Huawei-ZTE matter (“Decision”), in reply to questions referred by the German Landgericht Düsseldorf court. The Decision involved a Standard Essential Patent dispute between two telecommunications companies manufacturing smartphones.

The main questions addressed by the Decision focused on: (1) whether, or under wha