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Frand commitment could bar injunctions over standard-essential patents, but not always, US PTO official says

By Joshua Sisco ( January 15, 2020, 18:55 GMT | Insight) -- The commitment by owners of standard-essential patents to license their intellectual property on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms could potentially block their attempts to seek injunctions against accused infringers, but there is no bright-line rule, a senior official with the US Patent and Trademark Office said.The commitment by owners of standard-essential patents to license their intellectual property on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms could potentially block their attempts to seek injunctions against accused infringers, but there is no bright-line rule, a senior official with the US Patent and Trademark Office said....

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