Technology Patent Network North America 2020

Director Ryan C. Richardson was a moderator at WIPR’s Technology Patent Network North America virtual program.

Key Considerations for a FRAND Patent Licensing Strategy

• What should be the Appropriate Scope of the Proposed License?
• What Form should Royalty Payments Take?
• What Methodology Should be Used for Calculating FRAND Rates?
• Licensing Terms: How Should the Patented Feature be Valued in order to Balance Against the Need to Incentivize Invention?

Starting with a concise round-up of recent notable trials from key global patent jurisdictions, the conference continued with a series of presentations, keynote panel discussions, Q&A sessions, extended roundtable discussion groups, and a networking lunch, and culminated in a closing drinks reception. Attending will enable you to address your concerns, find solutions to your challenges, stay abreast of new precedent, and harness new ways to protect and exploit your innovations.

Key topics for 2020 included:

• US Focus: Assessing the Current State of Patent Eligible Subject Matter
• Europe Focus: Patenting Computer-Implemented Inventions in the Era of AI
• Patenting Artificial Intelligence: Use of Patents or Trade Secrets?
• Best Practice for In-House IP Counsel: Invention Harvesting
• Key Developments in Global Standards Essential Patents Litigation
• Autonomous Vehicles and Detectability of AI Innovations
• Patenting Machine Learning Technologies