Posts Tagged: Patent Licensing
5G RAN Developments: Landscape and Liability
Changes in the 5G radio access network (RAN) are likely to increase interest in monetizing patents essential to RAN equipment and operations (RAN SEPs). One of these …
5G RAN Developments: Challenges and Opportunities for Patent Licensing in a 5G Future
Much has been said about how 5G will better use the airwaves, giving wings to new communications between people and between devices. Little has been said though …
Managing the Perils of Public IP Company Ownership
The movements of IP-centric business have never been easy to appreciate. With technology patent and licensing values slowly returning to higher levels, it is a good time …
DOJ Affirms Pro-Competitive Benefits of End-Device Licensing in Avanci 5G Platform Review
Several weeks ago, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced a positive Business Review Letter (BRL) concluding an eight-month review of Avanci’s …
Patents in the Crosshairs During House Drug Pricing Debate
The opening salvo in what promises to be one of the hottest debates in the new Congress was fired January 29 during a day-long hearing in the House …
Standard Essential Patents: The Myths and Realities of Standard Implementation
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are patents that are unavoidable for the implementation of a standardized technology. They represent core, pioneering innovation that entire industries will build upon. …
Proceed with Caution When Acquiring a Licensor’s Patents
All too often, the prospective licensee/purported infringer usually doesn’t begin its efforts to acquire the patent(s) until after making disparaging statements about them during …
Nokia Inks Patent Licensing Agreement With OPPO, A Rising Star in China’s Smartphone Industry
Nokia Corporation announced it entered into a patent licensing agreement with Chinese mobile consumer electronics firm OPPO. Although terms of the deal weren’t disclosed by Nokia, …
Is NIST Listening? Bayh-Dole is a Model for Federal Tech Transfer Improvement
It would be a tragic mistake to blame federal tech transfer underperformance on Bayh-Dole. Bayh-Dole needs no amending. Bayh-Dole demonstrates how secure patent rights are the lynchpin …
Contracts 101: Covenants, Representations and Warranties in IP License Agreements
It continually amazes me that many business folks who negotiate tons of IP license agreements, fail to understand the difference between covenants, representations, and warranties that are “…
iPEL Responds to Skeptics by Expanding Free Licensing Program
What if those who own large patent portfolios decided to actually help start-ups by opening up their patent portfolios to those start-ups rather than have those companies …
New Licensing Model Offers Free Patent Licenses to Startups and Small Businesses
iPEL announced its Initial License Offering, available only through the end of 2018, which provides all companies an opportunity to secure a license to iPEL’s entire worldwide …
So, What’s the Value of Your Patent Strategy? Getting from Assumptions to Numbers
10,000+ patents, spending $10M’s per year, cross-licenses, and license potential with dozens of companies, what’s the value of the portfolio to the business? Is your patent …
InterDigital Acquires Technicolor Patent Portfolio for Over $150 Million
InterDigital will end up acquiring more than 21,000 global patent assets from Technicolor, more than doubling InterDigital’s current portfolio of 19,000 patent assets. This includes more than 2,500 Technicolor …
The Founders’ Decision to Foster NPEs and Patent Licensing
The founding fathers intentionally created a patent system affordable by the masses, and which was approachable and far less administratively complex. As imperative as that was for …
