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Tag: Innovation

  • [SpicyIP Cross-Post] Innovation in the time of SEPs & FRAND licensing

    [SpicyIP Cross-Post] Innovation in the time of SEPs & FRAND licensing

    This post first appeared on SpicyIP, here. (Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/hoAtp) In the last few years, smartphone manufacturers have seemingly been as popular for their patent-wars as they are for their phones. And these famed patent wars have recently come to India. Of specific note in this regard is the Xiaomi-Ericsson dispute. The main issues in this dispute, as…

  • On the Need for Network Neutrality

    On the Need for Network Neutrality

    (Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/ciEBXf) (This post was published earlier on SpicyIP) Network Neutrality The debate around Network Neutrality is a decades old debate, but it is not any less relevant for it. The idea of ‘Network Neutrality’ is, simply put, that ISPs do not price-discriminate between their consumers. Thus, under the Net Neutrality regime, an Internet…