The race for global FRAND rate setting: where does the Unified Patent Court stand?

Abstract In this article, we take stock of the Unified Patent Court (UPC)’s approach to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) issues in its first 16 months of operation and place this in the context of the rapidly developing international FRAND jurisprudence, where cases are increasingly focusing on FRAND rate setting. As the number of standard-essential patent actions filed in the UPC grows, developments are occurring on an almost weekly basis.