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Roderick McConnell

IP Counsel

Continental Automotive Technologies

Roderick McConnell is IP Counsel at Continental Automotive Technologies, where he is member of the SEP Team with a focus on licensing. He has a technical background in Computer Science and is admitted to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office, and the European Patent Office. Roderick has long experience with licensing in, complemented by a few years of experience doing licensing out.

Recent Articles by Roderick McConnell

A New Path to Truly Fair FRAND Rates with the Cost-Based Approach

Patents essential to standards are surrounded by discussion, dispute and litigation. A key focus of this activity is how to decide on what is a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rate for using standard-essential patents (SEPs), and arrive at a number that both licensor and licensee can accept. In other words, we need a “path to success”. To accomplish this, I think what is needed first is a good method or approach to doing the calculation of a rate, a method which both parties can agree on. Once the parties have agreed on how to calculate, the licensing negotiations will likely be streamlined and there might be an easier and speedier path to success.

Past Events with Roderick McConnell