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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Licensing Standard Essential Patents: FRAND and the Internet of Things by Igor Nikolic
This book provides an holistic coverage of SEP licensing issues and will be invaluable for practitioners policy makers SMEs and large technology companies in the IoT space. The book analyses key components of a FRAND licence; explains the economic policy and market background of SEP disputes; examines the interrelated application of contract patent and competition laws and describes the approaches by courts and regulators in the EU US and the UK. Importantly the book assesses how lessons learned from the smartphone/ICT industries can be applied in the new environment of the IoT and what needs to change in the future.