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USPTO issues policy statement with DOJ and NIST on SEP enforcement

( December 19, 2019, 18:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: In a joint statement with the US Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the US Patent and Trademark Office said standard-essential patents should be treated no differently than other patents, in that remedies including injunctions and damages should be available in response to infringement. The change in policy, under which the PTO repudiated a 2013 joint policy statement with the DOJ, "takes the government’s thumb off the scale," said Andrei Iancu, director of the PTO.Text of PTO statement follows in full:...

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