In Technology Patent Licensing authors pull readers through the entire process of planning and implementing a patent licensing program, - beginning to end. Using by example, the mobile communications industry, the book covers critical topics such as the interaction of international technology standards and patent licensing, a comparison of the three main types of patent licensing, the determination of patent "essentiality" and its effect on the valuation of the patent, licensing terms which are "Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory" ("FRAND"), how to obtain no action letters from antitrust authorities such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission, and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission, and guidelines for the planning and implementation of an organized licensing arrangement for technology subject to international standards.
A vitally important tool for corporate managers of technology or patent licensing, intellectual property lawyers, antitrust lawyers advising technology clients, technical or legal professionals at standards bodies such as ANSI, ARIB, ETSI, IEEE, and the ITU, for officials at government bodies (such as an Antitrust Authority, a Patent and Trademark Office, or a Fair Trade Commission) who work at the interface of intellectual property and competition policies, and for holders of essential technology patents who are engaged in the creation of organized arrangements for the licensing of patent rights.
