标准必要专利不公平许可费的认定

The Finding of Unfair SEP_sLicensing

标准必要专利权人收取不公平许可费的行为可能在多方面损害竞争,反垄断法规制这一行为的关键是认定许可费收取的不公平性。考虑到标准必要专利的独特性并结合反垄断实践,分析标准必要专利许可费是否公平时可以参考的因素主要包括:标准必要专利的技术价值;符合相关标准的产品所承担的整体许可费情况;标准必要专利的许可历史或可比照的许可费标准;相关标准必要专利所负担的许可承诺;标准必要专利许可费的计费基础;禁令救济行为的合理性;许可协议中是否包含导致许可费过高的其他不公平许可条件。在对不公平许可费进行认定时,还需要构建或完善一些重要程序机制或保障机制,包括认定主体的选择、举证责任的配置、相关披露制度的建立以及承诺制度的适用等。

The SEPs owner's charging of unfair royalty fee may harm competition in many ways. Thus antitrust intervention is necessary in order to avoid unfair royalty fees in SEPs Licensing. The factors determine the fairness of SEPs royalty fee mainly include: the patent's intrinsic value, the overall royalty fees of the products that meet the relevant standards, the SEPs licensing history or the comparable royalty rates, licensing commitments of SEPs owner, the appropriate royalty base for SEPs licensing, the rationality of the injunction, and other unfair licensing conditions may lead an unfair royalty fee. In addition, some procedural systems are also necessary measures to regulate unfair royalty fees, such as the allocation of the burden of proof, the establishment of some disclosure systems and the application of commitment decisions.