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Kevin DeJong (Senior Editor) and Shweta Kumar (Editor) from the Big Molecule Watch recently interviewed Rachel Goode, Ph.D. to discuss an article she recently co-authored...
Patent litigation in Q1 2022 remained consistent with long-term trends. In particular, NPE assertion was down compared to an unseasonably active first quarter last year...
The Fifth Circuit recently ratified the right of holders of standard essential patents (“SEP”) to choose where in the supply chain to license SEPs and dealt a blow to the “hold up”...
Independent licensing administrator Access Advance has revealed that IT behemoth Microsoft has become a licensor and licensee of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool. A...
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Rarely must patent infringers demand their right to pay royalties. But several multinational manufacturers have gone to court to insist that they – and not other participants in the supply chain – make payment of any patent royalties. From a contractual perspective, judicial analysis of such claims has focused on the non-discrimination prong of the fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory ("FRAND") patent licensing commitment. In other words, some manufacturers have argued, and some cou...