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Implementer Subterfuge Comes to Japan

Implementer Subterfuge Comes to Japan

There is something about standard essential patents that encourages subterfuge by implementers.


The Patent Litigation Money Pit

The Patent Litigation Money Pit

Patent litigation, the Sport of Kings, does not come cheap, especially when the litigation transmogrifies into a multi-jurisdictional slugfest.


SEP Litigation Trends and Licensing Realities

SEP Litigation Trends and Licensing Realities

I am very pleased to be participating in the upcoming webinar hosted by IPWatchdog and IPLytics on Tuesday March 9 at Noon Eastern Time.


IEEE and ANSI Reach Agreement to Conceal Negative Letters of Assurance

IEEE and ANSI Reach Agreement to Conceal Negative Letters of Assurance

For my next trick, disappearing LOA Disclosures!


A Compulsory “License to All” World: A Counter-Factual Exercise

A Compulsory “License to All” World: A Counter-Factual Exercise

In the highly contentious world of SEP licensing, one of the biggest debates in recent years has been between advocates of compulsory “access to all” and the existing “license to all” Regimes.


Wi-Fi Negative Letters of Assurance Contaminate and Compromise ISO 8802 Standards

Wi-Fi Negative Letters of Assurance Contaminate and Compromise ISO 8802 Standards

Is this what awaits? Last year, I described the broad negative and anticompetitive consequences of the IEEE’s 2015 patent policy, and was pleased to see the U.S. Department of Justice’s important 2020 Business Review Letter to IEEE (“DOJ BRL”) cite to my empirical work (see FN 47).


Apple Throws an Ally under the Bus Again – The Case of the IEEE

Apple Throws an Ally under the Bus Again – The Case of the IEEE

Earlier this month the U.S. Department of Justice issued an updated Business Review Letter (BRL) for the IEEE patent policy.


The Department of Justice Affirms End Device Licensing – The Avanci 5G Licensing Business Review Letter

The Department of Justice Affirms End Device Licensing – The Avanci 5G Licensing Business Review Letter

This week the Department of Justice issued a business review letter (BRL) relating to Avanci’s proposed 5G licensing platform for patents declared as potentially essential owned by its globally diverse thirty eight licensors.


The Real FRAND Scam Part 3

The Real FRAND Scam Part 3

Previously we discussed a Unified Patents’ article, the “FRAND SCAM” fails to address many key points.


The Real FRAND Scam Part 2

The Real FRAND Scam Part 2

Previously we addressed some of the key omissions in Unified Patents’ article “FRAND SCAM.”