This paper was originally written as a source material for my presentation at the ABA’s 2017 IP West as part of the The China Paradox

Contrary to popular belief — especially among business owners — trade secrets are not only found in top secret, highly-secure research labs.

It is worth noting that many of the use cases for IoT that are currently receiving much attention (like connected cars), likely won’t fall into litigation because of SEP enforcement challenges.

I believe we may be due in the next two to three years for a large-scale re-eruption of the patent wars that have been a constant presence in the telecommunications industry since at least 2005.