Determining Essentiality for Standard Essential Patents: Challenges, Benefits & Solutions

Fish principal David Barkan will participate in IPWatchdog’s webinar, “Determining Essentiality for Standard Essential Patents: Challenges, Benefits & Solutions,” on Thursday, July 1.

IPWatchdog is one of the leading sources for news and information in the patent and innovation industries. They frequently host webinars on hot topics, including IP ethics, standard essential patents, and patent eligibility, among others. Panel details are below:

Determining Essentiality for Standard Essential Patents: Challenges, Benefits & Solutions
Thursday, July 1, 2021 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET

One of the major challenges when licensing, transacting, or managing SEPs is that there is no public database that provides information about verified Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). Standard-setting organizations ("SSOs") such as ETSI (4G / 5G), IEEE (Wi-Fi), or ITUT (HEVC/VVC) maintain databases of so-called self-declared patents to document the FRAND obligation. However, the SSOs do not determine whether any of the declared patents are essential, nor are the declarants required to provide any proof or updates. As a result, in course of licensing negotiations, patent acquisitions, or litigation, the question about which patents are essential and which are not, is one of the most debated when negotiating SEP portfolio value, royalties, or infringement claims. AI solutions support the process of understanding how patent claims relate to standards to assess larger SEP portfolios without spending weeks and months and significant dollars on manual reviews by technical experts and counsel.

Speakers:

• David Barkan, Principal, Fish & Richardson
• Mang Zhu, Chief IP Strategy Officer, ZTE TX, Inc.
• Daniel Weinger, Member, Mintz
• David Yurkerwich, Senior Managing Director, IP Practice Leader, Ankura
• Tim Pohlmann, Managing Director, IPlytics GmbH
• Gene Quinn, President, IPWatchdog, Inc.