In this article published in Research Policy, the authors analyze whether a patent-owner can honor a (F)RAND commitment on a patent if it offers a license to that patent only in a bundle that also includes licenses to patents on which it has not made a (F)RAND commitment. They conclude that it can, but only if the royalty for the bundle does not exceed what would be a (F)RAND royalty for just the (F)RAND-committed patent. To read the article, click the link below.
Data sharing in hybrid marketplaces with endogenous fee setting
The issue is especially timely given provisions in the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) designed to expand access to data held by large digital platforms. The...