International MP3 Litigation

MP3 Litigation - Company with Dominant Position - Jurisdiction of Court
SanDisk Corpn v Koninklijke Philips Electronics and others [2007] EWHC 332 (Ch)
Ch D
21 February 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
Where a claimant alleged that defendant foreign companies held a dominant position in the licensing of patents in a defined market and that they had abused that position, the court only had jurisdiction to adjudicate on the alleged abuses pursuant to art 5(3) of the Brussels Regulation if the event setting the tort in motion was in England and Wales, or the claimant was the immediate victim of that abuse suffering direct harm in England and Wales.