26/10/2021
On September 15, 2021, during the EU State of the Union address, President Ursula von der Leyen set forth a long-term vision for the European economy and […]
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19/10/2021
The best advice one can often give to someone in a hole is to stop digging, but it seems that IEEE just can’t put down its […]
12/10/2021
Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our times. The imperative to improve the way that we collectively treat our planet has spawned a […]
05/10/2021
Over the past few years there have been differing views on whether and when to disclose an SEP to an SSO. This has often been considered […]
28/09/2021
Patent pools are a favoured mode of technology sharing. In its 2017 Communication, “Setting out the EU approach to Standard Essential Patents” the European Commission noted: […]
21/09/2021
In our recent blog post we explained why the non-discriminatory (ND) limb of FRAND does not mean every licensee is entitled to the same rate, even for similarly situated competitors. […]
14/09/2021
The non-discriminatory (ND) limb of FRAND does not mean every licensee is entitled to the same rate, even for similarly situated competitors. In 2017, the UK High Court […]
07/09/2021
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 […]
02/09/2021
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 […]
31/08/2021
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 […]