In an attempt to crack down on illegal content and minimise the likelihood that users will encounter harmful or age-inappropriate online posts, the UK Parliament drafted a piece of legislation called the Online Safety Bill (OSB). Unfortunately, what once started as a bill to protect people from violent or dangerous [...]
Summary The current SEP licensing landscape furthers the interests of a few large international SEP holders, while creating disproportionate barriers to the innovation ambitions of small businesses in the United Kingdom (UK). New survey data and UK High Court findings have demonstrated the urgent need for action to protect the [...]
Small, innovative technology businesses are crucial to the UK’s ambition of becoming a science and technology superpower by 2030. Many of these companies rely on standards and standard-essential patents (SEPs) to develop exciting new products that connect to the world around them as part of the internet of things (IoT). [...]
‘On Thursday, March 16, 2023, the UK High Court called out Interdigital Technology Corporation for acting as an unwilling licensor of standard-essential patents (SEP) by demanding unfair terms and an excessive royalty rate. ‘Today’s decision shows that SEP abuse is real and that with enough resources, it is possible to fight back [...]
On 6 December 2022, ACT | The App Association held an online event titled Standard-Essential Patents: FRAND Commitments, Competition Law, and Jurisdictional Battles. This event explored the challenges and opportunities for internet of things (IoT) innovators in the UK, related to standardised technologies and the global licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs). Opening [...]