Tag: Freedom to Operate
‘Freedom To Operate’ Isn’t Even Close To Free
There’s been an increasing usage of the term “efficient infringement” in the debate over patent reform. The basic idea is that large companies make an active choice to ignore patents and just ...
Standard-Essential Patents in Context: Just a Small Piece of the Smartphone War Puzzle
(Cross-posted on DisCo)
There has been a recent flurry of policy and regulatory activity related to standard-essential patents (SEPs). First, Samsung announced it was dropping its requests for in...