WORKSHOP: Quo Vadis FRAND – A story of IoT devices, SMEs, Interim licenses, and Policy Proposals

The Internet of Things (IoT) is on the rise. IoT Analytics’ State of IoT Summer 2024 report predicts at the end of 2024, with a growth rate of 13%, 18.8 billion IoT devices in use.

With the IoT, globalization and global value chains, new players enter the SEP ecosystem. Judiciaries in the global south and SMEs are/may be facing questions regarding SEPs/FRAND that have not been fully resolved for decades.

With new players, new use cases and new litigation venues, the question arises:

• How to make sure that interoperability ensured by technology standards guarantees benefits for all players involved and hence for the society as a whole?

Discussion Points:

• Who are the new players and what do they need?
• What are new use cases: and how do they need to be addressed?
• New and old litigation and arbitration venues?