This article explores what factors determine the introduction of patents into a patent pool. We propose a dynamic analysis of 1337 U.S. patent inputs into 7 important pools. This analysis highlights a trade-off between firm and patent characteristics as the determinants of inclusion of patents...

This paper describes a new database of declared Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs), discusses methods for matching declared SEPs to specific standard documents, and presents empirical evidence on technology standards subject to declared SEPs. While there is a growing body of empirical research...

This article addresses how FRAND licensing terms have been determined in theory and practice in multiple jurisdictions worldwide. In the study referred in this article, the authors review the evolving case law on FRAND from both a legal and economic perspective, and perform a comparative legal...

The prospect of licensing patents that are essential to standards on an industry-wide scale is a major incentive for companies to invest in standardization activities. Most standard development organizations (SDOs) have defined intellectual property rights (IPR) policies whereby SDO members must...