SEPs were never far from the headlines in Summer 2020. Here, a group of experts discuss some of the most newsworthy trends. With landmark court decisions across the United States, Europe and Asia, case law surrounding SEP FRAND licensing has arguably never been so...

5G versus WiFi 6 and HEVC/VVC versus AV1/VP9. How will technical merit and access to SEPs determine the winner? Due to the most recent performance improvements of 5G and WiFi 6 generations, and new use cases emerging as part of the next technology revolution, there is...

In this virtual panel Matthias Schneider Chief Licensing Officer Audi and Dr. Thomas Buchholz Chief Digital Patent Counsel BSH discussed the future of SEP licensing for real IoT use cases. Here each sector will apply connectivity differently and some experts believe...

Technology standards, such as Bluetooth, LTE, 5G or WiFi, enable, through the Internet of Things (IoT), to bring together people and devices and connect vehicles, ships, buildings, meters, machines, production lines, home appliances, healthcare devices and other items...

In the last part of our Summer Series we explored all Technical Standard Contributions. On the surface, this is a little known, highly powerful data source, very much underutilized by patent and standard professionals unless their roles focus directly on this. In this...