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He also notes, as disclosed earlier, that Google will seek to resolve standard-essential patent disputes through a neutral third party before seeking injunctions.
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As Nokia clearly went to great lengths to assert its strongest patents first, we are confident that its non-essential patent portfolio poses little threat to HTC.
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In addition to the one over licensing fees and a case in Germany involving standard essential patents, Google has maintained legal action against Microsoft in the ITC over a patent relating to a wireless peer-to-peer network, which is not a standard essential patent.
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The European Commission charged Samsung Electronics on Friday with abusing its dominant position in seeking to bar rival Apple from using a patent deemed essential to mobile phone use.
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In some cases firms owning standard-essential rights join together to form a "patent pool".
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Once a patent is registered as being standard-essential, the licence holder must allow any third-party to use the innovation and agree to a fee that is not excessive.
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If a pharmaceutical company can make the case that a better or more advanced drug has not emerged in a given category, and that the drug in question is essential to saving lives, maybe we should extend patent protection on that basis.
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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google Inc. and MPEG LA, LLC announced today that they have entered into agreements granting Google a license to techniques that may be essential to VP8 and earlier-generation VPx video compression technologies under patents owned by 11 patent holders.
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