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Tech giants, IP experts weigh in on US trade commission questions over SEPs

By Nick Robertson ( March 17, 2025, 18:43 GMT | Insight) -- Large tech manufacturers and intellectual property groups took opposite sides on questions from the US International Trade Commission over whether standard essential patents should be precluded from import bans, and how the commission should weigh the public interest. The questions stem from a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation into Amazon resulting from a Nokia complaint.A majority of public commenters to US International Trade Commission questions on standard essential patents (SEPs) said owners shouldn't be able to seek exclusion orders as remedies for alleged infringement in most cases, citing the public interest in the technologies....

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