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(SEPs). SEP holders and technology implementers commit to negotiate license agreements on terms that are Fair, Reasonable … decision making. SEP holders and implementers create negotiated FRAND commitments through patent license agreements. Courts … specify adjudicated FRAND commitments in SEP license disputes. The article argues that SSO coordination, market negotiation …
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Standard-essential patents (SEPs) have become a key element of technical coordination in standard-setting organizations. Yet, in many cases, it remains unclear whether a declared SEP is truly standard-essential. To date, there is no automated procedure that allows for a scalable and objective...
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We study how fragmentation of patent rights ('patent thickets') and the formation of the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affected the duration of patent disputes, and thus the speed of technology diffusion through licensing. We develop a model of patent litigation which predicts...
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practice international differential pricing). The patent holders also license the products out voluntarily to local …
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This paper analyzes how injunctions relate to patent hold-up problems. To this end, we present a simple model of licensing negotiations between a patent holder and a downstream firm in the shadow of litigation. More specifically, we consider the situation in which an injunction is granted as a...
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It has been commonly argued that the decision of a large number of inventors to license complementary patents necessary …
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This paper argues that the value of standard essential patents (SEPs) should be independent of the level of licensing in the value chain. We further argue the value of enabling technologies, such as SEPs, is best determined in relation to the value it produces to the consumer or end-user,...
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holders prefer to license their technology and the stage at which it is optimal from a social standpoint that licensing takes …
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Globalization, high growth rates in high-tech industries, growing emerging markets and harmonization of patent institutions across countries have stimulated patenting in foreign markets. We use a simple model of international patenting, where the decision to patent in a foreign country depends...
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The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response...
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