WED - PIUG 2022 Virtual Meeting

W E D N E S D A Y M O R N I N G

An Introduction into SEP’s, Standards and Standards Contribution Data Search and Analysis TimPohlmann (IPlytics GmbH) 9:00 – 9:30 am

ABSTRACT The fourth industrial revolution will see the conver gence of technology as connectivity technologies are gradually integrated across all industry verticals. This revolution will not only disrupt business models around connected devices but also make IP pro fessionals reconsider how to deal with intellectual property as they are faced with the ever-growing challenge of ensuring that they have the necessary assets to hold their own during the transformation of industries such as automotive, manufacturing, energy, home appliance or healthcare. Connectivity standards such as 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi (802.11), Bluetooth, versatile video coding (VVC), near field communica tion (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID), among others, are subject to so called standard essential patents (SEPs). Such patents must be used when implementing the standard. IP professionals across all industry verticals must rethink how they develop, evaluate, and analyze their own portfolios and the competition with regards connectivity stan dards. This means aligning patent portfolios to pro tect innovations and proactively engaging in con tinuous strategic portfolio development to align the patent portfolio with the objectives of the business as it relates to patent licensing, acquisitions, joining patent pools, participating at standards meetings, and understanding the competition. In this session Tim Pohlmann, CEO and founder of IPlytics will dis cuss end explain  How to deal with the increasing demand for better data around SEPs, standards and standards contributions to understand competition in an ever more fully connected world? How to have all information to ensure freedom to operate, iden tify prior art for new R&D projects or identify white spaces.  How to navigate patent portfolios where products increasingly rely on connectivity stan dards?  How to manage aspects of patent licensing when integrating new technological advances such as 5G or Wi-Fi which are protected by SEPs?

BIOGRAPHY Tim Pohlmann is the CEO and founder of IPlytics. He earned his doctoral degree with the highest distinction from the Berlin Institute of Technology, with a dissertation on patent ing and coordination in standardisation. He then went on to work as a post-doctoral researcher and consultant for the Law and Economics of Patents Group at CERNA, MINES ParisTech. In his work as an economist and consultant, Dr Pohlmann was confronted with the challenge that standards databases such as those of the European Telecommunications Stan dards Institute and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers have no real, meaningful connection with compre hensive global patent databases. He realised that if we are to keep pace with the next technology revolution, then as IP professionals, we need to rethink – even revolutionise – how we approach both patent and standards data, to provide business-ready knowledge for actionable decision making across our organisations. Dr Pohlmann founded IPlytics with the vision of creating the first solution on the market to bring together comprehensive, highly indexed technical standards information, global patents, declared SEPs, patent pool and technical standards contribution data, to provide indus try-leading analysis on the past, present and future of stan dards-essential technology. Unlike other tools that are overly complex, IPlytics provides fast, intuitive access to patents and standards to empower the user to strategically align patent portfolios to protect innovations and proactively engage in continuous strategic portfolio development as it relates to SEP assets, for initiatives such as licensing, acquisitions and joining patent pools, or simply to understand the respective positions of the competition. Dr Pohlmann has been active ly involved in preparing empirical studies for the European Commission, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the German federal government on declared patents, standards contributions, patent transfers and patent pool ing behaviour. Dr Pohlmann is a recognized thought leader, panel speaker and adjunct lecturer on the topics of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), FRAND licensing, patent pools and advanced patent intelligence. He is also the author of several peer-reviewed economist journal articles, several Managing IP articles, IPWatchdog articles, IAMMagazine articles, and some of the ever most-read IAMMedia industry reports.

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