Sentences with phrase «licensing standard essential patents»

With respect to FRAND licensing, John works with automotive OEMs and suppliers to address licensing standard essential patents for wireless communication technology.

The company later filed two lawsuits against Qualcomm in China, alleging its supplier abused its market position and failed to license standard essential patents on fair terms.

Not exact matches

Before a patented technology is included in an essential standard, the owner must agree to license it on «fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory» terms.

In high technology, standards - essential patents are key for companies looking to generate revenue by licensing out IP.

Some standards organizations require companies with standard - essential patents to license them on fair and non-discriminatory terms.

As a result of «standard essential» patent licensing and the complications associated with it, LeRoy recommends automakers and suppliers take a proactive approach, and develop a strategy for negotiating with the relevant patent holders.

He works with automotive OEMs and suppliers on the development of strategies to address licensing demands from a wide variety of standard essential patent holders.

LeRoy leads the firms FRAND Licensing practice and works with automotive OEMs and suppliers to address licensing demands from a wide variety of standard essential patentLicensing practice and works with automotive OEMs and suppliers to address licensing demands from a wide variety of standard essential patentlicensing demands from a wide variety of standard essential patent holders.

I also believe that smartphone - related patent licensing costs, relating to standard - essential as well as non-standard-essential patents, must come down.

Though holder of standard essential patents (SEPs) are obliged to provide licenses under FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) conditions, negotiations with hundreds of SEP holders are simply neither practical nor affordable.

On the one hand, Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) have been exploring changes to their licensing policies, in particular in relation to the commercial implications of FRAND pledges given by holder of Standard Essential Patents («SEPs»).

Google agreed to license standard - essential patents that its competitors need to make mobile phones, tablets, and gaming consoles.

I've always said that Apple should get something, but the longer this dispute has taken, the clearer it has become that Apple's leverage is limited, and let's not forget that Apple at some point needs a license, on FRAND terms obviously, to Samsung's standard - essential patents.

In this space the patents are not standard essential — the owner has no obligation to license them and can pursue injunctions against any rival that it suspects of infringement without any restrictions.

Any company that owns patents that are essential to a technical standard must license them on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms.

At this position he was responsible for all aspects of the company's worldwide legal function including the management of legal staff, outside counsel, intellectual property, inbound and outbound open source programs, strategic partnerships, software licensing, anti-piracy initiatives, export compliance, on - line privacy, and relationships with licensors of patents for patent - essential industry standards.

Those original demand letters did make reference to a «grant back license» to Microsoft's patents essential to the same standards.

Over the past 30 years, he has handled over 175 patent and other IP lawsuits including suits relating to standard essential patents (SEPs) and worldwide FRAND license obligations in district courts throughout the US, before the International Trade Commission and on appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Last fall, for instance, the company sued Microsoft for patent infringement but a jury ordered Google to pay up for fighting dirty with standards - essential FRAND patents, which must be licensed on Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory terms.

The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today, argues that Qualcomm used standards - essential patents it holds to demand elevated royalties and other license payments from phone manufacturers.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi and Finnish technology company Nokia on Wednesday announced a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent licensing arrangement, the latter of which will allow the companies to cross-license each other's standard essential patents.

Because this is what's called a «standard essential patent,» Motorola agreed to license it on «fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms» (FRAND) to anyone who needs to use it.

As expected, Lee asserted that Samsung didn't follow proper procedure when it came to its standards - essential patents — and that Apple buys the baseband chips that perform the allegedly - infringing behavior from Intel, which pays its own licensing fee.