Posts Tagged: "Tim Pohlmann"

Connectivity technology will not only connect smartphones, tablets, and computers but every device or object across many industry verticals linking other vehicles, trucks, traffic lights, machines, TVs, smart meters, or medical devices. Technology standards such as 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, HEVC, VVC, and many more will enable connectivity that heavily relies on standards subject to standard essential patents (SEPs). SEP-related global…

One of the major challenges when licensing, transacting, or managing Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) is that there is no public database that provides information about verified SEPs. Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) such as ETSI (4G / 5G), IEEE (Wi-Fi), or ITUT (HEVC/VVC) maintain databases of so-called self-declared patents that are required to be licensed pursuant to a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory…

One of the major challenges when licensing, transacting, or managing SEPs is that there is no public database that provides information about verified Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). Standard-setting organizations (“SSOs”) such as ETSI (4G / 5G), IEEE (Wi-Fi), or ITUT (HEVC/VVC) maintain databases of so-called self-declared patents to document the FRAND obligation. However, the SSOs do not determine whether any…