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As the Commission’s call for feedback on its Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) concerning revision of the two Block Exemption Regulations for horizontal cooperation agreements (HBERs) and […]

There is a growing practice among certain implementers to adopt ‘hold-out’ strategies, also known as ‘efficient infringement’, whereby they use standardised technologies for as long as […]

The widespread use of hold-out as a business strategy is a growing problem. Unlike other unlicensed uses of IP rights, hold-out strategies are employed based on […]

The widespread use of hold-out as a business strategy is a growing problem. hold-out strategies are employed based on deliberate corporate calculations as to the potential […]

Jonathan M. Barnett, Professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and Contributor at Forum for Intellectual Property, Hudson Institute, analyses in his […]

When looking at recent case law of courts in the EU involving SEPs, one cannot help noticing that an increasing number of cases involve parties that […]

ACT | The App Association has long positioned itself as representing the interest of the makers of apps. It claims to represent more than 5,000 app […]

In May 2021, two similar standards-related pieces of legislation were introduced in the U.S. Senate and discussed in committee. The unnamed bills were proposed by Sen. Chris […]

There’s an old adage that “there is no such thing as a free lunch” meaning that is impossible to get something for nothing.  However, when it comes […]