Authored by Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com), Sharif Hendry(sharifhendry@anjielaw.com), Song Ying(songying@anjielaw.com)at AnJie Law Firm.
At the China Competition Policy Forum in Shanghai on August 31, 2017, a high standing official of the Price Supervision and Antimonopoly Bureau (PSAB) gave comment on the potential enactment of regulations on Standard Essential Patent (SEP) licensing practice by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). This proposal follows in the wake of forthcoming draft Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) related antitrust guidelines that are expected to provide an analytical framework and recommended approaches to SEP related issues in China. The new proposed SEP guidelines will advise on a more fixed approach to the pricing mechanism for SEP licenses, as they apply to products used or sold in China , since these would not be covered under the forthcoming IPR guidelines.