BMW, Cisco Systems and several other companies have established the Fair Standards Alliance in order to promote the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs) on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
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8 February 2016 Companies that own standard-essential patents must stick to their obligation of licensing them on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, the EU commissioner for competition has said.