Implementer Subterfuge Comes to Japan
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/04/21
There is something about standard essential patents that encourages subterfuge by implementers. Typically, SEP net licensees like to complain that SEP owners violate FRAND by hiding comparable licenses behind NDAs – when in fact the confidentiality request usually comes from the other licensees and not the licensor. The true secret manipulators of the FRAND regime are more often than not the licensees. Unfortunately, it now seems that this subterfuge has spread from the USA, Europe, and China...
By: Kidon IP