Comments on the US standards-essential patents policy

doi:10.12267/j.issn.2096-5931.2023.03.001

Abstract

Abstract:

The Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments was released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for public comments in December 2021. Its main content consists of two parts: a good-faith licensing negotiation framework and remedies for the infringement of standards-essential patents that are subject to a RAND or F/RAND licensing commitment. Based on the 2019 policy statement, this paper lists the key points of the 2021 draft policy statement in detail and comments on the draft content.

Key words: standards-essential patents policy, good-faith licensing negotiation, infringement remedies, comment

CLC Number:

D923.4

YI Jiming. Comments on the US standards-essential patents policy[J]. Information and Communications Technology and Policy, 2023, 49(3): 1-9.

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