Who is going to win the big EU Commission SEP licensing battle – “use-based” or “licence to all”?
Published: November 9, 2017
Publisher: IPKat
“Tomorrow is a big day for standard essential patents. The language of the hotly anticipated and contested European Commission Communication on SEP licensing is set to be agreed by European Commission directorates-general. The final version of the Communication is understood to be made public before December 2017. Readers may recall that the Commission held a short-lived consultation on the roadmap for SEPs back in May of this year (see here) that seemingly elicited only 8 responses […]
Have Qualcomm, Ericsson and Nokia become open source converts? Or are they inviting pirates to clone their SEP-protected communications chips?
Published: November 9, 2017
Publisher: ACT | The App Association
If you can have access to a patented technology but you aren’t allowed to licence it, that either means the licensor is offering it up for free, in the way open source software developers offer up their wares free to others without asking them to sign a licence. Or it means that piracy of your technologies isn’t a big deal, help yourself.
IP Europe has attacked the concept of ‘licence for all’, […]
Five big patent talking points raised by Broadcom’s proposed buy-out of Qualcomm
Published: November 9, 2017
Publisher: IAM
“Broadcom electrified the tech world earlier this week when it made a $130 billion offer for Qualcomm. The advance looks set to be rebuffed by the Qualcomm board, but it seems likely that this is a story that will run for a while yet.
Given the sectors in which the two companies operate, patents are a crucial part of the asset base of both businesses. Were a merger to occur, the combined portfolio would be vast […]
App Association hits back in SEP licensing row
Published: November 9, 2017
Publisher: World IP Review
“Trade body The App Association has responded to criticism of a ‘licence to all’ policy in the European Commission’s current draft of the communication on standard-essential patents (SEPs).
On Tuesday, November 7, WIPR reported that IP Europe, an alliance of small and medium-sized companies originally co-founded by Ericsson, opposed the current draft and claimed that the ‘licence to all’ policy would significantly harm the European innovation sector.”
Ahead of key Commission meeting tomorrow, group sponsored by US BigTech hopes for SEP licensing win
Published: November 9, 2017
Publisher: IAM
“The head of one of the organisations involved in lobbying around the keenly anticipated European Commission Communication on the licensing of standards essential patents has told IAM he is optimistic that the final draft of the paper will deliver a positive outcome for his membership.
“I am hopeful that use based licensing will not be in the Communication and that license for all will be in there,” said Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT The App Association, whose […]
Next iPhone to be first without Qualcomm chip? Here is why Apple fight over royalty may lead to higher prices
Published: November 8, 2017
Publisher: Financial Express
“The next iPhone may well be the first one without a Qualcomm chip, given the bruising battle between Apple and Qualcomm over the latter’s royalties. While doing that is tricky given how Qualcomm technology drove most improvements in wireless technology —the 3G and 4G we use today is built on Qualcomm technology—how does it matter if the phone continues to deliver? Actually it does, because it lies at the heart of availability […]