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The Year 2021 in Revue – SEP Cases in Europe and Beyond
Tim Pohlmann and his co-author Justus Baron take a step back to review the year 2021 with regards to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). Tim and Justus take a closer look at SEP litigation in Europe and the battle of the automotive industry with the focus on landmark...
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Dr. Tim Pohlmann (IPlytics) and Dr. Justus Baron (Northwestern University) to lead consortium assisting the European Commission with “Economic Impact Assessment on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)”
The European Commission (DG GROW) has commissioned a study to a consortium led by Dr. Tim Pohlmann and his IPlytics team in cooperation with lead researcher Dr. Justus Baron from Northwestern University. The consortium further includes Dr. Pere Arque-Castells from the...
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Part 2: Research Roundtable: “Mechanisms, Governance, and Policy Impact of SEP Determination Approaches”
The uncertainty regarding the essentiality of declared SEPs is an important topic in the policy debate about FRAND. Here, understanding the overall SEP landscape is critical for smooth standard adoption, maintaining profitability and protecting the capacity to sell...
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Part 1: Research Roundtable: “Mechanisms, Governance, and Policy Impact of SEP Determination Approaches”
The uncertainty regarding the essentiality of declared SEPs is an important topic in the policy debate about FRAND. Different approaches have been proposed to increase transparency about the number of truly essential patents in different patent holders’ portfolios. As...
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Webinar Recording and Slides: The Role of Standard Essential Patents for Smart Factory applications
Smart factory applications will be driven by disruptive technologies, such as AI-controlled robots, cloud-monitored machines, real-time sensors, automation technologies connected to the Cloud, and augmented reality, all of which will use connectivity standards to...
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IIPLA 2021 Session Recording – Patent Pools in Age of IoTs, 5G and NextGen Video Codecs
The main rationale for patent pools is to solve the stickiness problem of licensing (eg, by saving transaction costs for both licensors and licensees). Considering that connectivity standards such as 4G/5G, Wi-Fi or video codecs will be used across multiple industries...
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Who leads the 5G patent race November 2021?
The next Industrial Revolution will not only affect the smartphone and computer world but will also have an impact on considerably more industrial verticals, including automotive, home appliances, manufacturing, energy and healthcare. Estimates suggest that half of...
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Who’s ahead in the Wi-Fi 6 patent race?
Wi-Fi 6 will play an important role in the assortment of connectivity standards that will be at the core of the next technology revolution. It will likely be implemented in millions of devices across different industry verticals, including smart homes, smart factory...
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