The smartphone industry today is characterized by a thicket of patents and wars based on those patents. Every day brings a new lawsuit or development between Apple, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung. The lawsuits span numerous courts and several continents. This 5-page article...

This comment supports the draft policy statement, explaining how it presents a welcome return to the bipartisan balanced treatment of standard essential patents that—with the exception of the period from 2017 to 2020—has applied for the past two decades. The comment discusses the statement's...