AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing
By Steve Scherer ( July 24, 2026, 15:43 GMT | Comment) -- Patent owners and licensing executives are looking at the hardware needed for the rapid build-out of AI data centers and devices as the next major licensing market for standard-essential patents.Patent owners and licensing executives are preparing for a new wave of licensing around artificial intelligence hardware technologies, betting the rapid build-out of AI infrastructure will generate a new wave of standard-essential patent licensing....
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