Standard-Essential Patents: Innovation’s Boon Or Bane? (.PDF Download)

Oct. 17, 2013

An interesting and powerful device known as the standard-essential patent (SEP) is in the spotlight. SEPs can bring wonderful inventions to people all over the world. They also can bring trouble. Big businesses are using them to wage war. Small businesses may be hit by them. The U.S. government is taking a closer look at...

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