Dr Igor Nikolic is a Research Fellow at European University Institute, Florence. He specialises and writes in the areas of intellectual property law, competition law, standard essential patents (SEPs), innovation and technical standardisation. He published a book, Licensing Standard Essential Patents: FRAND and the Internet of Things (Hart Publishing 2021), often speaks at international conferences on SEP licensing issues and teaches competition and intellectual property laws. Igor completed his PhD at University College London, worked as external consultant for competition law and policy at the World Bank and is a qualified attorney at law advising on competition, intellectual property and regulatory issues.
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The European Commission is working on a legislative proposal that would regulate the licensing framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs). A regulatory proposal leaked to the press has already been the subject of extensive commentary (see here, here, and here). The proposed regulation (...)
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Give us a FRAND: Unwired Planet v Huawei & Samsung*On 29 January, Mr Justice Birss gave judgment in the second UK patent trial between Unwired Planet, Samsung and Huawei, holding that two of Unwired Planet’s patents are invalid for obviousness. The case concerns patents that were declared (...)
