Client Brief: Standard Setting and Patent Rights: Navigating Choppy Waters
3/31/2010
Standard Setting and Patent Rights: Navigating Choppy Waters
- Antitrust agencies and courts show continued interest in standard setting practices
- Standard setting organizations are having mixed success in dealing with the IP issues that surface
- The Federal Circuit has made estoppel and waiver more important in this context
- Companies should manage carefully their own participation in any standard setting process
