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Nokia, Amazon settlement keeps USITC views on SEPs under wraps for now

By Melissa Ritti ( March 31, 2025, 22:21 GMT | Comment) -- When the US International Trade Commission asked for input on whether negotiating tactics should factor into the public interest inquiry and exclusion orders are improper in standard essential patent, or SEP, disputes, the responses were swift — and split. The divide won’t be resolved by the quasi-judicial agency imminently, however. A settlement today between Nokia and Amazon puts those questions to bed, representing a missed opportunity, and continued uncertainty, for patentees and implementers navigating an increasingly tumultuous SEP space.Standard essential patent, or SEP, owners and standard implementers will need to wait for clarity from the US International Trade Commission on how it views its role in deciding SEP disputes....

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