Social:Essential patent

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An essential patent or standard-essential patent (SEP) is a patent that claims an invention that must be used to comply with a technical standard.[1] Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) normally require their members to agree to license their essential patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.[2] Determining which patents are essential to a particular standard can be complex.[3]

See also

  • Patent ambush, a situation in which patents are withheld during development of a proposed standard
  • Patent infringement, the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention
  • Patent thicket, a negatively connotated term for an overlapping set of patent rights
  • Orange-Book-Standard, a German decision on the interaction between patent law and technical standards
  • Standardization, the process of creating technical standards

References

  1. Shapiro, Carl (January 2000). "Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard Setting" (in en). Innovation Policy and the Economy 1: 119–150. doi:10.1086/ipe.1.25056143. ISSN 1531-3468. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/ipe.1.25056143. 
  2. Sidak, J. G. (1 December 2013). "The Meaning of FRAND, Part I: Royalties". Journal of Competition Law and Economics 9 (4): 931–1055. doi:10.1093/joclec/nht040. 
  3. Elizabeth Woyke (2011-09-21). "Identifying The Tech Leaders In LTE Wireless Patents". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2011/09/21/identifying-the-tech-leaders-in-lte-wireless-patents/. Retrieved March 10, 2012. 

Further reading and viewing

  • "Potential Antitrust Liability Based on a Patent Owner's Manipulation of Industry Standard Setting", Proceedings of ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (2003) by Janice M. Mueller.
  • "Patent Misuse Through the Capture of Industry Standards", 17 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 623 (2002) by Janice M. Mueller.
  • Mossoff, Adam; Contreras, Jorge; Kulbaski, James J. (November 30, 2012). Standards-Essential Patents: Where Do IP Protections End and Antitrust Concerns Begin? (video). Washington Legal Foundation. Archived from the original (ASX) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  • Vidal, Kathi (10 April 2022). "Standard essential patent policy and practices: We want to hear from you!". https://www.uspto.gov/subscription-center/2022/standard-essential-patent-policy-and-practices-we-want-hear-you.