Part three of the webinar series: A new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) On 8 February 2022, ACT | The App Association held the third webinar in a series of public events covering standards and standard-essential patents (SEPs) and how they impact European innovation and competition. The event focused on [...]
What happy chimps and sixteenth century art have in common Pentworth House in West Sussex, UK is a National Trust property that houses a significant collection of artworks, including the 1592 Molyneux Globe. However, this collection was at risk of being destroyed after several valuable pieces were growing mold in [...]
8 February 2022 at 15h CET | Register now Industry participants have long debated the meaning of Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND), and have attempted to define the appropriate methodology for calculating FRAND rates. Indeed, different methodologies are available for the evaluation of SEPs, and often, litigation has centred around [...]
Part two of the webinar series: A new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) On 30 November 2021, ACT | The App Association held the second webinar in a series of public events covering standards and standard-essential patents (SEPs) and how they impact European innovation and competition (view online). The event [...]
A new study from Timothy Simcoe and Qing Zhang examines the 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 [...]
