https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459849 A Section 26(1) direction under the Competition Act is a preliminary administrative step, but it remains open to limited writ review where jurisdictional error, absence of a prima facie opinion, or perversity is alleged. The Patents Act does not oust competition-law scrutiny of standard essential patent licensing conduct; the two statutes operate in their own fields and can be harmonised, so allegations of unfair, discriminatory or exclusionary royalty and licensing practices may still be examined under the Competition Act. Pleadings alleging excessive royalty, tying, bundling, opaque FRAND negotiations and litigation pressure may disclose prima facie abuse of dominance and justify investigation. en-us Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:47:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459849 A Section 26(1) direction under the Competition Act is a preliminary administrative step, but it remains open to limited writ review where jurisdictional error, absence of a prima facie opinion, or perversity is alleged. The Patents Act does not oust competition-law scrutiny of standard essential patent licensing conduct; the two statutes operate in their own fields and can be harmonised, so allegations of unfair, discriminatory or exclusionary royalty and licensing practices may still be examined under the Competition Act. Pleadings alleging excessive royalty, tying, bundling, opaque FRAND negotiations and litigation pressure may disclose prima facie abuse of dominance and justify investigation. Case-Laws Law of Competition Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459849