In the past 10 years the computing industry has turned more and more to the cloud. Several recent trends in the technology sphere indicate that cloud computing is poised to undergo massive growth. The Internet of Things is just one example of physical objects being...

Just today German Vogel Verlag release the new Next Industry issue dedicated to Big Data. The magazine issue includes several articles that explain how big data algorithms are applied in different industry scenarios. One of the articles - written by IPlytics CEO Tim...

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the world’s largest technical professional organization, with hundreds of thousands of members. As a US-based standard-setting organization (SSO), the IEEE has successfully standardized thousands of...

A recent study reveals that US patent litigation on cloud technologies has been increasing by 700% over the past 4 years (figure 1). This drastic surge of litigation was mainly driven by so called PAEs “patent assertion entities”. PAEs purchase patents, e.g. from a...

The current May issue 83 of the IAM magazine has just published an article analyzing patents and standards for future connectivity technologies in the auto industry. The study reveals the latest trends of patent filings, SEP declaration and standard setting activities...

Technical standardization can involve the integration of hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of technologies, many of which are protected by patents. Such “standard essential patents” (SEPs) are subject to a variety of unique contract and competition law...