A standard essential patent (SEP) may give the patent holder market power in the market for an input that technology … manufacturers need in order to make their products compatible with each other. Several commentators have argued that, when a patent … becomes part of a standard pursuant to an agreement among competitors given in exchange for the patent holder's promise to …

Corporate officer liability doctrines under both the Patent Act and the Copyright Act diverge markedly from traditional … articulations of individual officer liability found in both patent and copyright law can be attributed to two factors: (1) the … (2) judicial reluctance to apply the strict liability standard of patent and copyright law to individuals as opposed to …

Much has been written about patent trolls and the detrimental effects they have on the patent system. Legal and … legislative attempts have been made to curb patent trolls. However, there is considerable confusion over who is actually a patent … to discourage strategic patent non-practice. This work first examines the goals of the patent system and the difficulties …

one intellectual property monopoly. For example, a machine can be protected under patent law, but drawings of that machine …

diminish the value of patent-related commitments made by participants. In these cases, the intervention of public law …

(SEPs), and the patent policies of standards development organizations (SDOs). While this litigation has fueled a cottage …

adjudication of patent damages, or more precisely, FRAND royalties for standard essential patents (SEPs). Through the use of an … Qualcomm and ARM are used to exemplify different market and industry norms regarding patent licensing. The main findings … suggest that rote use of procedural rules such as the smallest saleable patent practicing unit (SSPPU) and entire market value …

license can generate more revenue. Patent rights and trade secret rights are somewhat conflicting IP rights. Combined licenses … issued for using both patent rights and trade secret rights can evoke issues under Antitrust Laws. Composite license to use … patent and trade secret rights has economic effects on licensor and licensee both. This paper tries to analyse such effects …

reached with the party practicing the patent. The PAE phenomenon has prompted suggestions that the antitrust laws be applied …