HTS- IoT webinar: 2020: The Year of the Cellular Patent Licensor. An Expert Panel Discusses Business Impacts on the Smartphone 

2020 brought many crucial decisions for the monetization of patents essential to cellular connectivity: FTC v. Qualcomm, Sisvel v. Haier, Continental v. Avanci, Unwired Planet v. Huawei, TCL v. Ericsson and Optis v. Apple. Litigation will continue, but the worldwide legal landscape has become much clearer. As of now, patentees/licensors are prevailing over implementers. Join an expert panel to understand what happened, and how business practices in the connected device industry (smartphones, connected cars and IoT) will evolve.

What you will learn?

1. Summary of major court decisions related to SEPs

a. FTC v. Qualcomm,
b. Sisvel v. Haier
c. Continental v. Avanci
d. Unwired Planet v. Huawei
e. TCL v. Ericsson and Optis v. Apple. 


2. Decoding Huawei v. ZTE / Sisvel v. Haier “negotiation framework,” which requires making a RAND offer/counteroffer?

3. What makes RAND rate setting so difficult for SSOs and companies? 

4. What can be done from a business perspective to reduce SEP patent risk?  

Members: Free

Nonmembers: $69