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Prospect of European SEP regulation looms large in US policy debate

During a recent Washington DC event, SEP holders and standards implementers clashed about the European Commission’s draft proposal – and how the US should respond

Innovator-implementer divide revealed to US policymakers considering IP, standards strategy

Standards contributors stressed their heavy reliance on licensing income while product manufacturers expressed frustration at the difficulty of calculating total SEP licensing costs

Does the impact of Markman orders vary by technology complexity?

Some patent litigators observe that patent disputes involving less complicated technologies tend to settle faster after claim construction. What does Docket Navigator data say?

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SEP holders hotly contest Stout’s ‘SEP privateer’ report

One of the targets says its actually an R&D lab, while another swears its rates match those of major SEP licensors and questions the report’s analytical method

10 February 2023

InterDigital patent found valid on appeal by UK court in Lenovo licensing spat

Decision adds to a string of recent successes for the wireless patent owner as wait for global FRAND decision continues

10 February 2023

Greater transparency needed at the EPO, says Deutsche Telekom’s patent chief

Alexander Haertel talks about the Industry Patent Quality Charter, the UPC and German injunctions in an exclusive IAM interview

09 February 2023

Oppo joins Via Licensing’s AAC patent pool

The smartphone manufacturer becomes the audio codec pool’s second-largest licensee from China, behind long-time member Xiaomi

08 February 2023

Exclusive: Nokia makes arbitration offer to Oppo in bid to resolve 5G dispute

Proposal comes against background of discontent with conventional dispute resolution strategies

08 February 2023

Smartphone sales plummet causing pain for SEP licensors

Some licensing businesses hurt more than others and their basic deal structure is the differentiator

07 February 2023

New US trade secrets law a ‘potential sledgehammer’ in dispute negotiations

President can now pick out foreign entities and subject them to a series of sanctions

01 February 2023

Report finds ‘privateers’ charging royalties 15 times that of major SEP holders

Stout’s research identifies Panasonic, Nokia and Ericsson as the biggest sellers to privateers in the past decade

01 February 2023

InterDigital scores further Lenovo victory, while in-house lawyer avoids embargo breach reprimand

It has been another eventful week as parties await the English High Court’s global FRAND rate decision

01 February 2023

Nokia’s Q4 IP revenues boosted by early Microsoft licence payments

Samsung 5G royalties had not yet come into play, but the Finnish company recorded higher patent income in the final months of 2022

27 January 2023

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