An essential patent or standard-essential patent (SEP) is a patent that claims an invention that must be used to comply with a technical standard.[1] Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) normally require their members to agree to license their essential patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.[2] Determining which patents are essential to a particular standard can be complex.[3]

See also

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  • Patent ambush, a situation in which patents are withheld during development of a proposed standard
  • Patent infringement, the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention
  • Patent thicket, a negatively connotated term for an overlapping set of patent rights
  • Orange-Book-Standard, a German decision on the interaction between patent law and technical standards
  • Standardization, the process of creating technical standards

References

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  1. ^ Shapiro, Carl (January 2000). "Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard Setting". Innovation Policy and the Economy. 1: 119–150. doi:10.1086/ipe.1.25056143. ISSN 1531-3468. S2CID 17290328.
  2. ^ Sidak, J. G. (1 December 2013). "The Meaning of FRAND, Part I: Royalties". Journal of Competition Law and Economics. 9 (4): 931–1055. doi:10.1093/joclec/nht040.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Woyke (2011-09-21). "Identifying The Tech Leaders In LTE Wireless Patents". Forbes. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

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