On day one of the new year, we continue the IPWatchdog tradition of asking readers what they would like to see happen if their every IP wish could come true.
The licensing of Standard Essential Patent (SEP) portfolios is a global business and the question of how to resolve disputes over those licenses is one that courts all over the world.
IAM is a unique and timely intelligence service that treats IP as a business asset and tool rather than simply as a legal right, informing boardrooms worldwide.
On June 8, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of itself and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) as well as the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
Courts have held that antitrust applies when patentees act beyond scope of patent. But determining where patent protection ends, antitrust scrutiny begins remains controversial. This tension arises today in the legal treatment of conduct involving Standard Essential Patents.