A new study from Timothy Simcoe and Qing Zhang examines impact of Standard Setting Organization (SSO) intellectual property rights (IPR) policies on standardization and innovation. The authors "interpret these findings as evidence that any link between IPR policies, innovation, and SSO participation is much weaker than purely theoretical arguments to [...]
ACT Report -- German Leadership in SEP Licensing Workshop 30 Sept 2019 (DE) ACT Report -- German Leadership in SEP Licensing Workshop 30 Sept 2019 (EN)
FTC v. Qualcomm and Intellectual Property Law: Perspectives by the 2018-2019 Innovators Network Fellows
Co-published The recent publication of the 5G standard specification has changed the game in terms of communication technology, with the Internet of Things (IoT) looking likely to become a reality (for further information please see “Who will be the technology leader for 5G? Part one”). Part two of this report [...]
Published: May 30, 2018 Publisher: ACT | The App Association, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, National Retail Federation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, High Tech Inventors Alliance, and the Software & Information Industry Association Six industry groups representing innovators and SEP holders across the technology, auto manufacturing, and retail sectors penned [...]
Published: May 17, 2018 Letter Link: here Seventy-seven former government enforcement officials and professors of law, economics, and business penned a letter to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim to express concern with his recent speeches on standard essential patents. The letter outlines eight key issues that illustrate [...]
Published: November 26, 2017 By: CUBICIBUC Patent valuation for SEP’s is the subject of much heated debate amongst patent holders and implementers, and is a taxing issue for Courts and regulators worldwide. Negotiations in SEP licensing in the telecoms sector have invariably relied on some kind of patent counting as SEP [...]
Published: November 2017 By: Karl Heinz Rosenbrock The ETSI IPR Policy maintains this balance by requiring every ETSI member to use reasonable endeavours to inform ETSI of ESSENTIAL IPRs in a timely fashion. Once an Essential IPR is identified, the IPR owner is asked to make an irrevocable undertaking in writing that [...]
Published: November 6, 2017 By: Karl Heinz Rosenbrock As the former Director-General of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Mr. Rosenbrock has followed with interest the various discussions and disputes regarding the application of the ETSI IPR Policy. The ETSI IPR Policy was drafted, debated and finalized during his tenure, and [...]
Published: August 2017 By: Karl Heinz Rosenbrock Karl Rosenbrock is the former Director-General of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”). He writes, "I have followed with interest the various discussions and disputes regarding the application of the ETSI IPR Policy. The ETSI IPR Policy was drafted, debated and finalized during my [...]