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Advanced Licensing Agreements 2017

Volume Two

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYCourse Handbook Series

Number G-1308

Co-ChairsMarcelo Halpern

Ira Jay LevyJoseph Yang


35

International IP Licensing—Europe (PowerPoint slides)

Jeremy Schrire

King & Wood Mallesons LLP

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Inte

rnat

iona

l IP

Lice

nsin

g -E

urop

e

Jere

my

Sch

rire,

Par

tner

2-631


INTR

ODU

CTIO

N

1.O

verv

iew

2.If

you

choo

se U

S la

w, c

an y

ou ig

nore

Eur

opea

n la

ws?

3.If

your

gov

erni

ng la

w is

a E

urop

ean

law

can

you

choo

se a

ny E

urop

ean

coun

try’s

law

? w

hat a

re th

e im

plica

tions

?

4.Ju

risdi

ctio

n an

d di

sput

e re

solu

tion

cons

ider

atio

ns

5.Im

plica

tions

of B

rexit

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(1)

OVE

RVIE

W

Com

mer

cial c

onte

xt

Terri

toria

l issu

es

IP ri

ghts

in th

e EU

are

(mos

tly) n

atio

nal

EU u

nita

ry p

aten

t –up

date

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(2)

IF Y

OU

CHO

OSE

US

LAW

, CAN

YO

U IG

NORE

EUR

OPE

AN

LAW

S?

Will

your

cho

ice o

f law

be

reco

gnise

d?

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e I:

the

signa

torie

s to

a c

ontra

ct m

ay c

hoos

e th

e la

w a

pplic

able

to th

e w

hole

or p

art o

f the

con

tract

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emem

ber

man

dato

ry lo

cal la

ws

antitr

ust la

w: A

rticle

s 10

1 an

d 10

2 EU

Tre

aty

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Anti-

trust

law

Proh

ibits

:-Al

l agr

eem

ents

bet

wee

n un

derta

kings

… w

hich

may

affe

ct tr

ade

betw

een

mem

ber s

tate

s an

d w

hich

hav

e as

thei

r obj

ect o

r effe

ct th

e pr

even

tion,

rest

rictio

n or

dist

ortio

n of

com

petiti

on w

ithin

the

com

mon

mar

ket (

Artic

le 1

01(1

))

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Exem

ptio

n fo

r agr

eem

ents

“whi

ch c

ontri

bute

to im

prov

ing

the

prod

uctio

n or

dist

ribut

ion

of g

oods

or t

o pr

omot

ing

tech

nica

l or e

cono

mic

prog

ress

, whi

le a

llow

ing

cons

umer

s a

fair

shar

e of

the

resu

lting

bene

fit”

prov

ided

:

the

rest

rictio

n(s)

are

indi

spen

sabl

e; a

nd

the

agre

emen

ts a

re n

ot fo

reclo

sing

(Arti

cle 1

01(3

))

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(A)

Verti

cal A

gree

men

ts B

lock

Exe

mpt

ion

Appl

icatio

n an

d R

elev

ance

Proh

ibite

d:To

tal E

xpor

t ban

s/C

usto

mer

allo

catio

n cla

uses

th

e di

stin

ctio

n be

twee

n ac

tive

and

pass

ive s

ellin

g ex

haus

tion

of ri

ghts

w

here

doe

s th

e In

tern

et fit

into

all o

f thi

s?

Price

fixin

g(L

eegi

nco

mpa

red

with

the

EU a

ppro

ach)

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(B) T

echn

olog

y Tr

ansf

er B

lock

Exe

mpt

ion

Ambi

t: ce

rtain

IP ri

ghts

onl

yPa

tent

s, k

now

how

, des

ign

right

s, s

oftw

are

copy

right

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ter r

ules

whe

re p

artie

s ar

e co

mpe

titors

and

eve

n st

ricte

r rul

es w

here

ther

e is

recip

rocit

y (c

ross

-licen

sing)

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Proh

ibite

d in

all ca

ses

Price

fixin

g Al

loca

tion

of m

arke

ts o

r cus

tom

ers

but:

can

have

rest

rictio

nson

activ

ean

dpa

ssive

sale

sin

exclu

sive

terri

tory

/cus

tom

ergr

oup

rese

rved

forl

icens

orca

nre

stric

tlic

ence

tolic

ense

e’s

own

use

(e.g

.in

corp

orat

ion

into

othe

rpr

oduc

ts)

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not r

estri

ct lic

ense

e fro

m c

arry

ing

out it

s ow

n R

&DC

anno

t pre

vent

licen

see

from

cha

lleng

ing

valid

ity o

f lice

nsor

’s IP

Lice

nsor

can

not t

erm

inat

e th

e ag

reem

ent o

n a

chal

leng

e by

the

licen

see

of th

e va

lidity

of li

cens

or’s

IP w

here

the

licen

ce is

non

-exc

lusiv

e

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cann

ot re

quire

the

licen

see

to e

xclu

sivel

y lic

ense

bac

k or

ass

ign

any

new

app

licat

ions

or a

ny (s

ever

able

or n

on-s

ever

able

) im

prov

emen

ts o

f th

e te

chno

logy

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(C)

Spec

ial ru

les re

dom

inan

ce

Prici

ng

Ref

usal

to S

uppl

y

Disc

rimin

atio

n

Tie-

ins

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(D)

Sanc

tions

Une

nfor

ceab

ility

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s (u

p to

10%

of g

roup

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ld-w

ide

turn

over

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icros

oft €

860

mIn

tel €

1.06

bn

3rd

party

sui

ts

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(3)

IF Y

OUR

GO

VERN

ING

LAW

IS A

EUR

OPE

AN L

AW,

WHA

T AR

E TH

E IM

PLIC

ATIO

NS?

(A)

Civi

l law

Goo

d fa

ith d

uty

Less

em

phas

is on

pre

cede

ntR

elia

nce

on s

tatu

tes

and

code

sM

ore

judi

cial in

terv

entio

n: ju

dge

as in

vest

igat

or

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(B)

Engl

ish

law

Com

mon

law

Inte

rpre

tatio

n iss

ues

Engl

ish la

w is

not

the

sam

e as

US

law

(e.g

. the

sm

all m

atte

r of a

“con

ditio

n”)

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(4) J

URIS

DICT

ION

AND

DISP

UTE

RESO

LUTI

ON

CONS

IDER

ATIO

NS

Litig

atio

nco

nven

ienc

ecr

edib

ility

proc

edur

e ex

clusiv

e v

non-

exclu

sive

reco

gnitio

n ou

tsid

e th

e ju

risdi

ctio

n

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16

Brus

sels

Reg

ulat

ion

Auto

mat

ic R

ecog

nitio

n of

EU

judg

men

ts

Arbi

tratio

nN

ew Y

ork

Con

vent

ion

Rul

es a

nd v

enue

Appe

als

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(5) I

MPL

ICAT

IONS

OF

BREX

IT

Tim

ing

Anti-

trust

Appl

icabl

e la

w a

nd ju

risdi

ctio

n

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NOTES

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