Two law professors from UC Berkeley have come up with a novel idea to protect open source developers from patent bullies. They call it the Defensive Patent License. They hope the DPL can address the ...

Licensing clashes involving Walt Disney Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. are the latest venues for the Trump administration’s ...

Patent owners have significant leverage at the negotiating table, but that leverage has limits. In various circumstances, the Supreme Court has held that while a patentee may refuse to license its ...

Supreme Court Ruling in Quanta Has Implications for Biotechnology Industry The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics (LGE) is important for biotechnology companies even ...

Apple and Ericsson have accused each other of patent infringement and licensing disagreements regarding connectivity technologies since 2015. The companies sued each other regarding 2G, 3G, and 4G ...

Have you stayed abreast of changes in case law regarding patent license language? Do you know what affect the AIA and the increase in nonpracticing entity activity has had on patent license strategy?

Understanding how courts evaluate settlement agreements in patent litigation is essential for determining reasonable royalties. Real-world settlements introduce complexities such as litigation costs, ...

So, you’ve got a patent but you don’t have the resources to market the patented invention. Or you have the manufacturing and marketing infrastructure in place but you are looking for a novel new ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Network infrastructure and 5G technology provider Nokia has signed a new long-term patent license agreement with Apple to replace the current deal between the two companies that is set ...

Ericsson today announced it has reached a patent license agreement with Apple that will settle a long-running dispute between the two companies over patents related to cellular technology. The dispute ...