The Munich Higher Regional Court issued a decision concerning the fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) negotiation process and an implementer’s obligation to provide security if a license ...

The end of every legislative session features a voluminous bill (or set of bills) known as the “implementer.” It contains the policy provisions needed to implement the state budget. And it’s the place ...

As more companies switch from on-premises software to cloud-based applications, enterprise technology decisions are increasingly being made by line-of-business leaders—and not IT. That trend will ...

The Connecticut Senate closed a chaotic day Tuesday with passage of an 837-page budget implementer bill that the Republican minority complained was less about fiscal policy than an exercise of raw ...

House Speaker Matt Ritter. Sometimes the connection to the Senate has static. Credit: MARK PAZNIOKAS / CTMIRROR.ORG Sen. Matt Lesser, who brought his son to the special session, says his fraught ...

“[Future standards development organizations (SDO) policy updates] ‘should encourage good-faith bilateral licensing negotiation by both patent holders and implementers’ [as] ‘[h]old out can ...

Innovators have long insisted that licensing discussions over standard essential patents (SEP) are one sided: implementers often “hold out” in bad faith by delaying discussions for as long as possible ...

Language included in the state’s budget implementer bill and approved by the Senate on Tuesday would overhaul Connecticut’s Small Business Express program, increasing access to capital for smaller ...