SEP Essentials

Let’s talk stagnation. I’ve noticed lately that the rollout of 5G seems to have stalled. Yes, when I am in certain big cities my phone tells me I’m on 5G. But other than in those big cities, my phone always seems to be on 4G/LTE. Now, I know the arguments as to why 5G is supposed to be better. I know that 5G is supposed to be configured to natively carry data and so should be better, faster and more efficient at data transfers. I know that in one of its incarnations –

I have previously posted in depth on the EU’s “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standard essential patents and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1001” (“Proposal”) and recently gave an update on the passage by the EC’s Legal Affairs Committee (“JURI”) of a modified version of the Proposal. [1] I wanted to take a deeper dive into the modifications to the Proposal (“MP”) considered by JURI. [2] I’ll start by focusing on those aspects of

I have previously posted in depth on the EU’s “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standard essential patents and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1001” (“Proposal”). [1] I am pleased to report that, on Wednesday (23/1/24 since we’re being European), the EC’s Legal Affairs Committee (“JURI”) adopted a modified version of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standard essential patents and amending

We have spent some time recently working on our house which got me thinking about how standards are akin to blueprints for a house. Blueprints help a builder put a house together, but they do not specify every detail that ultimately needs to be completed to create a finished house. Often, these details are omitted on purpose because they are not necessary to build the house or because clients want to vary those details based on preference or budget. Sometimes, a significan

This post is the second to look at the emerging jurisdiction of India and its recent SEP related jurisprudence. My first post ( Jurisdiction No. 6 - India ( sepessentials.com ) ) reviewed the Delhi High Court’s decision in the SEP patent lawsuit filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (“Ericsson) against Intex Technologies. To remind you, one of the bases for the lower court finding that Intex was, prima facie , an unwilling licensee was that Intex had “delayed” the procee

Kathi Vidal, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, spoke today at the Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute held at Stanford Law School along with Konstantinos Georgaras, CEO of the Canadian IP Office. It was an interesting chat all around with a good discussion of each office’s diversity efforts, encouragement of underrepresented communities not only to file applications but to continue with them after a preliminary rejection and a lot on AI and the ch