Internet of Things and Patent Wars

New Empirical Data Demonstrates Continued Failure of IEEE 2015 Patent Policy

I have written extensively about the many negative effects of the 2015 IEEE patent policy and it was gratifying to see the US Department of Justice (DOJ) acknowledging these negative effects (p9).  In recent months, new data show the IEEE’s 2015 patent policy continues to compromise IEEE-SA standards, reputation, and future, as follows. In 2021, […]

Standard Essential Patents

Response to the USPTO, The ITA, and NIST call for Public Comments on Standards, Part 5 of 7

On November 6, 2023 I submitted a response to the public comments which can be found here.  I have also included my comments in full on this blog in a series of posts including the below.  The only change in my submission is that for each posts the footnoting was renumbered for just the individual […]

Patent Demand Letters

Patent Demand Letters – Immediate Steps You Can Take (Part 3)

This article is the next piece of my series discussing patent demand letters. Part one, reviewed the initial considerations and steps one should make upon receiving a patent demand letter. Part two explored the subject or content of the letter — i.e., what is the sender asking for? Part three addresses evaluating the merits. At […]