How to end the abuse of litigation in SEP licensing
In recent decades, the value of intangible assets has consistently increased. In particular, IP rights came to be the engine of the knowledge economy, by incentivising the development of breakthrough technologies. In addition, IP rights themselves became a discrete and quantifiable business as companies leveraged their value via IP sales and licences.
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