Global SEP Litigation, Licensing and Dealmaking*

Global SEP Litigation, Licensing and Dealmaking*

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Standard-essential patents (SEPs) sit at the intersection of innovation, competition, and global trade. As connectivity standards expand across telecommunications, IoT, automotive, and industrial systems, SEP disputes have become increasingly international, high-stakes, and strategically complex. Courts, regulators, and competition authorities around the world are trying to assert influence over how SEPs are enforced and licensed, often with conflicting approaches that create uncertainty and forum-shopping risk.

This panel will examine the current global landscape for SEP litigation and licensing, focusing on how parallel proceedings across jurisdictions are reshaping leverage, timing, and deal outcomes. Panelists will explore how courts are addressing FRAND obligations, anti-suit and anti-anti-suit injunctions, rate setting, and remedies—and how those decisions affect global licensing strategy.

The discussion will also address how stakeholders across the spectrum are structuring licensing programs and patent pools, as well as the difficult negotiations and tactics that are sometimes employed by both licensors and licensees. Panelists will examine negotiation dynamics, portfolio valuation, litigation sequencing, and global rate-setting as alternatives to protracted multi-forum disputes.

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Materials

Filling the EU’s FRAND Uncertainty Gap

EU Commission Confirms that SEP Regulation, AI Liability Directive are Officially Scrapped

SEP Working Group to Continue USPTO’s Efforts Supporting Injunctive Relief for SEP Owners

Forget the Trolls, It’s Time to Embrace the Elves

The Patent Pool Explained: An Effective Mechanism When the Burden is Shared

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