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Strengthen Your Intellectual Assets (Part 2): Structured Innovation
Strengthen Your Intellectual Assets (Part 2): Structured Innovation
In my last installment, I talked about IP audits as a way to strengthen your portfolio. Once those avenues have been exhausted, the next step is to undergo a phase of structured innovation.
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!
Strengthen Your Intellectual Assets (Part 1): IP Audits
Strengthen Your Intellectual Assets (Part 1): IP Audits
Some people have a visceral reaction to the word audit. They think the tax people are coming and will soon be pounding on the door.
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).
A Quick Reading Comprehension Exercise
A Quick Reading Comprehension Exercise
I find it fascinating that lawyers and other lobbyists involved with SEPs get so worked up in their policy preferences that they start to have blinders that automatically insert their preferences into texts where those preferences are no where to be seen.
Efficient Infringer Smacked by the EDVA – Will the Federal Circuit Finally Draw a Line in the Sand?
Efficient Infringer Smacked by the EDVA – Will the Federal Circuit Finally Draw a Line in the Sand?
After a bench trial, the Eastern District of Virginia found Cisco to be have willfully infringed patents owned by Centripetal Networks Inc., a small operating company, and awarded a judgment of $1.9 billion dollars.
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.