The lack of transparency in SEP licensing discussions generates fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD), especially as licensing SEPs becomes more complex in new industry verticals. Some standards organizations, like ETSI, provide specific lists of self-declared patents. Others, such as IEEE and ITUT, allow blanket declarations without disclosing specific patents. Access to comprehensive patent office data is necessary to refine public patent lists, understand jurisdiction, ownership changes, and active patents. It is also necessary to analyze past litigation to determine essential patents. Patent pool data serves as a starting point for identifying third-party determined claim charted SEPs.
If data is incomplete, not available, or of bad quality, most IP professionals struggle to answer SEP market questions such as:
This webinar series discusses how data helps close the SEP transparency gap in three separate sessions:
Part 1: Closing the SEP Transparency Gap – How to Deal with Data Accuracy, Over Declaration, and Blanket Declaration Challenges
Part 2: Closing the SEP Transparency Gap – How to Deal with SEP Determination of Large SEP Portfolios
Part 3: In the final episode of our webinar series, Closing the SEP Transparency Gap, we delved into the intricacies of gathering patent pool and SEP litigation data to predict legal risks and royalty payments. By exploring the power of data in SEP strategy, Dr Tim Pohlmann, revealed the valuable insights for informed decision-making in the field of standard essential patents (SEPs).
