How many standard essential patents are there?

Currently, by some estimates, more than 30,000 patent families have been declared “essential” to 5G. Since it is effectively impossible for Taiwanese companies to monitor and license tens of thousands of patents, they therefore must be prepared to deal with assertions in the US courts.

What is an SEP patent?

Thomson Reuters Practical Law defines a standard essential patent (SEP) as “a patent claiming technology that is essential to an industry standard’s use.” For those of us who are not well-versed in patent law, it may be easier to understand SEPs as the patents protecting an industry’s core technology—the standard that …

What is FRAND law?

Reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) terms, also known as fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, denote a voluntary licensing commitment that standards organizations often request from the owner of an intellectual property right (usually a patent) that is, or may become, essential to practice a …

What is a standard patent and what is an innovation patent?

Registration requirements. The registration requirements for the two types of patents are very similar. However, a standard patent requires the invention to involve an ‘inventive step’ whilst an innovation patent requires the invention to involve an ‘innovative step’.

What is a frand?

FRAND is the acronym for fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory. FRAND is the acronym for fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory. It generally arises in antitrust cases where an owner of intellectual property rights (IPR) refuses to grant a licence or refuses to grant a licence on FRAND terms.

What is Sep patent?

A Standard Essential Patent (SEP) is a patent that claims an invention that is used to comply with a standard. These standards frequently refer to technologies which protected are under the Patent regime.