“A better model for determining essentiality, in the author’s opinion, is a probabilistic model that tries to estimate the likelihood of a portfolio to be infringed, valid and/or essential.” In recent ...

“A ‘motion pass rate’ or ‘Accepted Rate’ metric may provide a more accurate indication of the strength of a company’s contributions [to a standard]. A high acceptance rate gives at least some ...

March 27, 2025 - Standard-essential patents (SEPs) are highly valued in any patent portfolio. To build a robust SEP portfolio, it is critical to follow practices that survive the Examiner's scrutiny ...

It has long been recognized that patent pools can create licensing efficiencies by establishing “onestop shops” for patents owned by multiple rights owners. There is also broad consensus that patentee ...

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (the Agencies) announced the ...

Since it was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879, the incandescent filament lamp had played the leading part in the illumination field for more than a century. However, in the 1990s, Nichia Corporation ...

Litigating patents that are essential to technical standards requires a careful consideration of antitrust rules. Sabine Agé and Amandine Métier of Véron & Associés, Klaus Haft and Tobias Hahn of ...

A med tech case decided by the PTAB is helpful to inform patent strategy for AI enabled inventions across various disciplines and industries. Patent applicants should expect to see reliance by the ...