EU Events: High-Level Reflections on Standard-Essential Patents: In pursuit of a balanced system

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 [...]

Advancing the Internet of Things with Needed Updates to Patent Injunction Policies

An entire ecosystem of small businesses drive innovation today and power the growth of the digital economy. As they invent and integrate software and hardware solutions and develop new internet of things (IoT) innovations, they will rely on new 5G connectivity capabilities and consistent intellectual property frameworks. If economies around [...]

By |2020-09-28T10:38:03-04:00September 28th, 2020|Blog, EU Member Spotlight, European Union, FRAND, Open Standards, Patents|

Save Our Standards: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm

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, [...]

How German Patent Reform Could Benefit Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises

As the leading voice for small business innovators, ACT | The App Association works hard to bring the small business voice to legal and policy discussions about standard-essential patents (SEPs). Our goal is to create an environment that allows small businesses to contribute to and utilize standardized technologies. A balanced [...]

By , |2020-01-14T14:08:07-05:00January 14th, 2020|Blog, European Union, FRAND, Patents|

EU Update: One Year After SEP Communication, Where are We?

A year ago last week the European Commission published a Communication on the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs).  It was an enlightened move to steer a fraught process that has been dogged by litigation, especially in the area of communications technologies. Lawsuits over the licensing of SEPs for communications [...]

By |2018-12-07T13:39:29-05:00December 7th, 2018|Blog, European Union, FRAND, Innovation and IP, IoT, Patents|
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