Recent Decision Highlights Complex Interplay Between Standard-Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing Terms
Patents confer upon the owner of the patent the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention for a set period of time. Tensions arise when patented technologies are included as part of industry technical standards, creating standard-essential patents that are required for system interoperability for certain technologies. […]
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