In an opinion piece written for the IAM website, Jonathan Stoud highlights what the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) letter to Avanci means to standards leadership. The letter puts Avanci on notice for potentially acting anticompetitively, asking it to address monopoly risks related to its licensing practices.
USPTO’s new Catch-22 targets Unified Patents in standing requirement reforms
In a recent op-ed in IAM, Unified’s General Counsel, Jonathan Stroud, explains the issues with the USPTO’s reform proposal, including how it singles out Unified and proposes restrictions that contradict the AIA and that have been rejected in subsequent failed legislative proposals. In the link below, Mr. Stroud argues that if the agency seeks to single out Unified Patents and bar it from filing IPRs, it must also scrutinize the lack of transparency and conduct of prolific NPEs.