Fighting back against “Big Tech” is all the rage in state houses these days. After unsuccessful attempts to convince Arizona, Georgia, and North Dakota lawmakers that the future of their economy hinges on better prices on V-Bucks to use in Fortnite, The Coalition for App Fairness and its backers Epic [...]
Standards-Essential Patents: Progress or regression? March 2, 2021 16:00 -17:00 CET Online Webinar Click here to register For small businesses that develop internet of things (IoT) devices, the ability to license standard-essential patents on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms is vital to their competitiveness and innovative capacity. At a time [...]
For decades, the world coveted America’s unparalleled entrepreneurial ecosystem and its innovation capacity. At every stage of the information technology revolution, America is an undisputed leader. Yet, instead of embracing the advantages of the American innovation ecosystem in the “Race to 5G,” the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is exploring [...]
High-Level Reflections on Standard-Essential Patents: In pursuit of a balanced system 10 November 16:00 -18:30 CET Online Conference With the support of Iban Garcia Del Blanco, Member of the European Parliament & Concurrences, Media Partner This high-level online conference will reflect on recent developments related to standard-essential patents (SEPs) in [...]
A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to reverse and vacate a lower court decision in FTC v. Qualcomm was a clear win for Qualcomm in its ongoing antitrust troubles, but it came at the expense of America’s innovation ecosystem and the entrepreneurs that fuel it. In the decision, [...]