Licensing of Trademarks in India: An Historical Overview
At its simplest, trademark licensing is permission granted by a trademark owner (licensor) to another (licensee) to use the licensor’s trademark on mutually agreed terms and conditions. Consistent with the...Read more
Amit Sindhwani
Head of IPR, Usha International, India
Rajendra Kumar
Founding Partner RKR & Partners, RKR & Partners, India
Economics of Streaming & the Rise of the Music Artists’
Rights and Compensation
As the big era of buying CDs and vinyl records has mostly passed, music streaming continues to hit the music industry by storm. It is a market estimated at $153...Read more
Afzana Anwer
Head of IP, Altilium Clean Technology, UK
Jansher Verscht
Economics Student, University of Loughborough, UK
Cellular Standards in the IoT: A Brief Practical Guide for Licensing Negotiations
Global cellular standards (e.g., 4G/LTE and 5G/NR) are a key driver of the advancing digital transformation of the economy and society. In recent decades, open standardization in the telecommunications field...Read more
Spyros Makris
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson GmbH, Germany
Negotiating International Development Arrangements in a
Franchise System
International expansion often involves the creation of some form of business relationship with a party that resides in the local market. Yum! Brands is a global success story, with around...Read more
Sally Glover
Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, KFC South Pacific, Australia
Stephen Giles
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia
The Compulsory Licensing in Russia: The First Precedent Lessons Learned
The compulsory license mechanism in Russia had been described in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation for a long time. However, there had been no real cases of granting...Read more
Elvira Dubovskaya
Fulbright Scholar, N/A, Russia
Requirements in SEP License Negotiations - Substantiating a FRAND Offer – The Relation Between Confidentiality Issues and Providing Evidence for its Own Fair and Reasonable Position
In its Huawei/ZTE decision of 16 July 2015 (Case C-170/13) concerning injunction requests based on standard essential patents (SEPs) in litigation, the ECJ provided guidance in relation to the appropriate...Read more
Clemens Heusch
Head of European Litigation, Nokia , Germany
Requirements in SEP License Negotiations - Substantiating a FRAND Offer – The Relation Between Confidentiality Issues and Providing Evidence for its Own Fair and Reasonable Position
In its Huawei/ZTE decision of 16 July 2015 (Case C-170/13) concerning injunction requests based on standard essential patents (SEPs) in litigation, the ECJ provided guidance in relation to the appropriate...Read more
Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky
Attorney, Bird & Bird, Germany
Telecommunication Concessions and Licenses in the Dominican Republic
As the world becomes more globalized, the need to expand, to explore new horizons becomes inevitable. Currently, consumers are more aware of new products, latest technologies, gadgets, business... Consumers are...Read more
Estíbaliz Diez
Director Legal & Regulatory, Onemax, Dominican Republic