A brief analysis of the standard essential patent (SEP) case

In recent years, due to the impact of the Qualcomm case and the IDC case, the implementation of patent rights involving SEP has received extensive attention. People's attitudes towards SEP and its patentees have also changed several times with the development of these cases.

Xiamen Celte won a patent invalidation case with Anhui Changsheng

At first, many people regarded SEP as a weapon to protect the rights and interests of patentees. After that, people gradually realized that the patentee occupies an advantageous position in the implementation of SEP, and it is easy to take advantage of the particularity of SEP to implement monopolistic behavior, and hold the counterparty in license negotiation or litigation. With the enhancement of this understanding, courts and governments began to regulate the implementation of SEP patents. For example, in the aforementioned Qualcomm and IDC cases, the courts and government agencies conducted antitrust reviews.

A brief analysis of the standard essential patent (SEP) case

In recent years, due to the impact of the Qualcomm case and the IDC case, the implementation of patent rights involving SEP has received extensive attention. People's attitudes towards SEP and its patentees have also changed several times with the development of these cases.