Standard Essential Patents (SEP)
Recent Edits to the IEEE IPR Policy are Steps in the Right Direction
Recent Edits to the IEEE IPR Policy are Steps in the Right Direction
After lots of coverage of the IEEE and a long pause, the humble blog author begs your apology for not providing the latest update – as he has been busy dealing with other pressing matters.
Biden Administration Provides Guidance on Remedies for FRAND-Assured SEPs Levels the Playing Field against Big Tech and China
Biden Administration Provides Guidance on Remedies for FRAND-Assured SEPs Levels the Playing Field against Big Tech and China
In December 2021, only a few days after U.S. Department of Justice AAG for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter took office, and long before the USPTO and NIST had confirmed leadership in place
5th Circuit’s Continental v. Avanci Decision Endorses “Access-to-all”, rejects compulsory “license-to-all”
5th Circuit’s Continental v. Avanci Decision Endorses “Access-to-all”, rejects compulsory “license-to-all”
Today, the 5th Circuit issued its decision in the Continental v. Avanci Appeal, reversing the district court’s decision that Continental had standing under Article III of the Constitution.
Apple’s Well-Funded Efficient Infringement Tilts the Competitive Landscape
Apple’s Well-Funded Efficient Infringement Tilts the Competitive Landscape
Apple’s long-term campaign to avoid paying FRAND SEP licensing fees continues unabated. In what has become a modus operendi, every time Apple’s license with a major SEP licensors – Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, InterDigital, Qualcomm – comes up for renewal, global warfare breaks out, and then after forcing SEP licensors to pay millions in legal fees, Apple settles for unknown, typically after being found by a court or the ITC to be an “unwilling” technology user who failed to negotiate in good faith.
A Reckoning for Automotive Holdouts? or Are SEP Holders Getting Fed Up?
A Reckoning for Automotive Holdouts? or Are SEP Holders Getting Fed Up?
Have SEP owners finally had enough? Readers of this blog will understand that many of the key automotive OEMs have been refusing for quite some time to take what, by any measure, is a very reasonable license to most of the key wireless SEPs.
Updated Practice Note on SEP Licensing Management
Updated Practice Note on SEP Licensing Management
I am very pleased that Practical Law of Thomson Reuters released an update of Standard-Essential Patent Licensing Management that I co-authored with my amazing collaborators Doug Clark and Eric Stasik.
New Empirical Data Demonstrates Continued Failure of IEEE 2015 Patent Policy
New Empirical Data Demonstrates Continued Failure of IEEE 2015 Patent Policy
I have written extensively about the many negative effects of the 2015 IEEE patent policy and it was gratifying to see the US Department of Justice (DOJ) acknowledging these negative effects.