Published: December 7, 2017
Publisher: Mondaq
“In April 2016, the European Commission identified three areas of the SEP licensing environment that needed improvement: (1) opaque information on SEP exposure (2) unclear valuation of patented technologies reading on standards and the definition of FRAND and (3) the risk of uncertainty in relation to enforcement of SEPs. It has now issued its much anticipated guidance aiming to create a coherent framework, given the standardisation of 5G and the Internet of Things.”