The recent vote in the European Parliament on the standard-essential patents regulation was disappointing but, in some ways, not surprising.
As has regularly happened in debates on intellectual property policy around the world, the relatively few foundational innovators in standardised technologies, such as 5G, are routinely outnumbered by the many implementers who include these technologies in their devices.
But, as the legislative process continues to play out there is one crucial element that needs to be at the center of debates on this controversial policy – innovation.
Innovation is hard. It takes expertise, time, money, and many failures to advance a technology such as 5G or 6G wireless or the VVC video codec.
InterDigital is a thriving but still relatively small innovator compared with the giants of the wireless industry and the Big Tech behemoths.
We pride ourselves on the…
