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Practical intelligence on standard-essential patents

Working notes for IP and licensing teams — essentiality analysis, product-specific landscaping, claim mapping, and turning SEP demand letters into defensible negotiation positions.

SEP Licensing Defense19 min read
September 8, 2026

"FRAND FIRST" Meets AI: What Munich's New Guidelines Mean for SEP Implementers

Munich's FRAND FIRST guidelines put a 25-page brief at the centre of SEP disputes. Why an effective brief may require portfolio-wide analysis behind it.

Webinar60 min watch
September 3, 2026

If Everyone Has AI, Who Wins SEP Licensing?

Webinar recording with GreyB: when portfolio-scale AI analysis creates real leverage, why false positives and false negatives cost differently, and what makes evidence decision-grade.

SEP Licensing Defense10 min read
July 2, 2026

Sisvel’s POS SEP Pool: What Payment-Terminal Implementers Should Know

Sisvel’s POS SEP pool is moving quickly, targeting cellular connectivity in POS devices and raising coverage, supplier-licence and claim-level evidence questions for implementers.

SEP Data Analysis12 min read
June 15, 2026
Updated June 17, 2026

Where 4G/5G SEP Licensing Risk Concentrates: A Protocol-Layer Map for Implementers

ETSI IPR declaration data shows 4G/5G SEP licensing risk clusters around PHY and RRC, not evenly across the protocol stack.

SEP Portfolio Landscaping13 min read
June 3, 2026
Updated June 17, 2026

LTE Cats in SEP Analysis: A First Gate for Patent Infringement Evaluation

LTE UE categories classify an accused product before patent review, giving implementers a first gate for product-specific SEP triage.

SEP Licensing Defense15 min read
May 20, 2026
Updated May 21, 2026

Video Codec Patent Landscape: A Defense-Side Primer for Implementers

A defense-side primer on video codec patent risk across AVC, HEVC, VVC, VP9, AV1, AV2 and VCM, with a practical implementer checklist for licensing demands.

SEP Data Analysis10 min read
May 19, 2026
Updated June 19, 2026

How Many SEPs Are There in 4G and 5G, Really?

Analysis of ETSI IPR 4G/5G declaration data from the implementer's perspective, helping teams size SEP exposure and licensing risk.

SEP Portfolio Landscaping14 min read
May 11, 2026
Updated June 3, 2026

Not Every 4G SEP Is Relevant: How Product-Specific LTE Landscaping Creates Early Non-Essentiality Arguments

Product-specific SEP landscapes map asserted patents to real product scope, turning broad LTE portfolios into early non-essentiality arguments.

SEP Licensing Defense7 min read
May 7, 2026
Updated June 17, 2026

Introducing ClaimsEvidence: From Demand Letter to Defensible Negotiation Position

How implementers turn SEP demand letters into evidence-based negotiation positions using SEP litigation expertise and purpose-built AI analysis.

SEP Essentiality Analysis5 min read
May 1, 2026
Updated June 17, 2026

From Claim Chart to Counter-Argument: How We Approach Defensive Essentiality Analysis

How implementers can test SEP essentiality by mapping claim limitations to standard text, exposing weak charts and building negotiation counter-arguments.

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