The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging both European Union-backed collective patent licensing arrangements in the automotive sector and antitrust claims in U.S. disputes over standard-essential ...

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

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing back against the European Union’s recent approval of collective licensing negotiations among automakers, warning such arrangements could violate U.S.

In the intellectual property world, few topics spark as much discussion, anticipation and sometimes animosity as the role of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) within the global landscape. Addressing ...

Standard essential patents (SEPs) continue to sit at the center of global technology disputes. Here, we highlight five major developments shaping SEP enforcement, licensing, and policy across key ...

Shenzhen, China--(Newsfile Corp. - June 5, 2025) - Leading smart device company OPPO today announced the signing of a global patent licensing agreement with Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (hereafter ...

Hefty legal teams assembled for a three-day hearing in what was the court’s first foray into SEPs since Unwired Planet v ...

As 5G cellular standards continue to connect billions of smartphones, automobiles, and IoT devices, the licensing of standard essential patents (“SEPs”) has emerged as a key interest of businesses and ...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Standard-essential patents aren’t providing as much leverage in the smart-device wars as Google may have hoped when it paid $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility. Apple scored ...