Source: www.jpo.go.jp
Japan Patent Office (JPO) has joined the
league of countries, which are very few in number, who have a guide related to
SEP as it recently released its practical guide to Standard Essential Patent (sep) Licensing Negotiations.
The guide would assist international and
Japanese parties to arrange for equitable licensing of key technologies covered
by SEPs. The Guide states that ‘it aims
to enhance transparency and predictability, facilitate negotiations between
rights holders and implementers, and help prevent or quickly resolve disputes
concerning the licensing of standard essential patents (“SEPs”), which are the
patents essential in implementing standards in the field of wireless communications
and the like.’
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs),
described by the Guide, are "patents
essential in implementing standards in the field of wireless communications and
the like," namely essential to making "smart" devices and
appliances. These cases are complicated because an industry totally foreign
(until recently) with artificial intelligence (AI) may now be incorporating
such technology into products without awareness of the market value that it
holds for the wireless communications developer of that technology. This
cross-disciplinary, cross-sector conflict of interest stimulated the JPO's
interest in helping illumine a pathway for businesses on either side to make
good headway toward fair licensing agreements in Japan.[1]
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