Ericsson and Huawei’s Multi-Year Global Patent Agreement
Ericsson and Huawei recently renewed a multi-year global patent cross-licensing agreement that covers patents essential to standards relevant to the products of the parties. This includes 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular technologies. The agreement covers the companies’ respective sales of network infrastructure and consumer devices. This grants both of the parties’ global access to each […]
EU’s SEP Regulatory Framework and the Future of Intellectual Property Rights
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at the EU’s SEP regulatory framework and the future of Intellectual Property Rights.
The CHIPS Act and the Need for Strong IP Protection
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at the lack of strong IP protection language in the CHIPs and Science Act, which may result in innovators being less motivated to take risks.
What Is Fair, Reasonable, and Nondiscriminatory? It Depends
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at what is fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND), and shares a piece from IAM Media which opines that “FRAND is in the eye of the beholder” and how that can play out in the telecom industry.
The Harmful Impact of Patent Trolls
According to the Electronic Frontier Federation, in the first three quarters of 2022, 64% of all patent lawsuits were filed by patent trolls, and in the high-tech space, patent trolls filed 88% of all lawsuits. A patent troll is a person or business that buys patents from other companies, files lawsuits against other businesses to […]
Overcoming Patent Quantity-Driven Mindset in US Companies
Experts recommend US companies overcome their patent quantity over quality mindset when it comes to patents and innovation. For many companies, the extent of groundbreaking innovation is often demonstrated through the acquisition of patents. Evaluating research productivity typically involves assessing the number of inventions that have originated from a company’s research and development (R&D) capabilities, […]
Patent Eligibility Reform Is Needed
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team explores why a patent eligibility reform has been a topic of debate for years as the current patent eligibility standards are outdated and leads to too many patent infringement lawsuits being filed.
What is a Patent?
This primer on patents provides a clear and accessible overview of what patents are, why they exist, and touches on their various uses and purposes.
The Global Effort to Devalue IP – Part One
In part one of our series on threats to intellectual property, we explore the consistent global effort to minimize the value of patents, if not to invalidate them altogether, by technology implementers. Our first example of such a scheme is the introduction of a concept called “smallest saleable compliant implementation,” which seeks to break down a patented platform or system into its smallest components in order to dilute the value of a patented technology solution.
A Brief History of Patents – Part Two: 1790 – 1900
In part Two of our ongoing series summarizing the history of the patent system, we turn to the evolution of patent protections in the United States between 1790 and 1900, starting with the U.S. Patent Act of 1790 and the birth of the U.S. patent system. Also covered: The U.S. Patent Act of 1793 and the first gold push of U.S. Patent applications, the establishment of the U.S. Patent Office in 1836, and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 1883, which gave birth to cooperative international IP treaties.
A Brief History of Patents – Part One: Antiquity – 1700
In part 1 of our ongoing series summarizing the history of the patent system, we explore the birth of patents and their tortuous evolution through the ages until the U.S. Patent Act of 1790 brought patent protections into the modern era. From ancient Greece and Medieval England’s Letters Patents to the English Statute of Monopolies of 1624 and the transition of patent administration to common law, readers will learn about how patents were initially regarded and granted before the industrial age.
A Primer on Intellectual Property Technology
This primer on Intellectual Property (IP) terminology will help introduce readers to essential terms and concepts that will come up often in IP discussions.
