
Apple’s Well-Funded Efficient Infringement Tilts the Competitive Landscape
Apple’s long-term campaign to avoid paying FRAND SEP licensing…

A Reckoning for Automotive Holdouts? or Are SEP Holders Getting Fed Up?
Readers of this blog will understand that many of the key…

With SEP Politics Eagle Eyes are Needed, or Senator Tillis’ Watchfulness Pays Off and Comments on the Draft Policy Statement Now Due February 4
Anyone who has observed standard essential patents (SEPs) for…

Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 6
Due to the size and complexity of computer code, the software…

Updated Practice Note on SEP Licensing Management
I am very pleased that Practical Law of Thomson Reuters released…

New Empirical Data Demonstrates Continued Failure of IEEE 2015 Patent Policy
I have written extensively about the many negative effects of…

Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 5
Copyright protection is, generally speaking, formality-free in…

Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 4
To determine which computer program elements are copyrightable,…

On Deceptive Apps and Practices: Unmasking the ACT App(le) Association
On July 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under the…

Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 3
In most jurisdictions around the world, the most common form…