In a recent decision, the District Court of Tel Aviv confirmed that under Israeli law contracts for the payment of royalties subsequent to the term of the patent license may be voidable as against public policy.

Recent years have seen an explosion in FRAND litigation, in which parties commit to license intellectual property under “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” (FRAND) terms, but they cannot agree on the meaning of that commitment.

The article was published in the Cloud Strategy magazine.