FRAND Rate Setting and Negotiation Conduct: U.S., UK, EU, and China

This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on standard essential patent (SEP) licensing, negotiation behavior, and royalty rate setting. The panel will offer best practices for navigating SEP licensing and rate setting.

SEPs are vital in many industries. For companies to have their technology adopted as the standard for the industry, the company is often required to license the technology on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). Decisions made by courts in the U.S., UK, EU, China, and elsewhere are shaping SEP licensing as well as the standards surrounding the behavior of both licensors and implementers during license negotiations. 

As approaches to FRAND adjudication continue to develop in these jurisdictions, negotiation behavior has played an increasing role in determining outcomes and royalty rates. It is critical for patent counsel to recognize how the different jurisdictions are addressing negotiation behavior and rate setting to achieve the best results when licensing SEPs around the world.

Listen as our authoritative panel of patent attorneys discusses SEP licensing negotiation behavior of both licensees and licensors. The panel will also examine the setting of royalty rates and review how courts in the U.S., UK, EU, and China are treating rate setting. The panel will offer best practices for dealing with rate setting and negotiation conduct in SEP licensing.