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India jurisdiction report: SEPs at the crossroads
25-05-2021
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07-04-2016
With the largest number of mobile connections in the world, India has become a market not just for new mobile devices and connections but also a growing market for mobile device manufacturers.
The local mobile device manufacturers hold a substantial share of this market, giving rise to litigation between the holders of standard-essential patents (SEPs) and the manufacturers who implemented those standards in their devices.
The litigations were claimed to be an inevitable consequence of drawn-out negotiations on licensing terms and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rates that failed to come to settlement between the SEP holders and the local implementers.
In a scathing report, the IT Parliamentary Committee says the delay reflects badly on the country's planning and execution. So far, certain bands within 5G spectrum have not even been identified, and no spectrum allocation has taken place