The CTO Handbook

In Technology Patent Licensing authors pull readers through the entire process of planning and implementing a patent licensing program, - beginning to end. Using by example, the mobile communications industry, the book covers critical topics such as the interaction of international technology standards and patent licensing, a comparison of the three main types of patent licensing, the determination of patent "essentiality" and its effect on the valuation of the patent, licensing terms which are "Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory" ("FRAND"), how to obtain no action letters from antitrust authorities such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission, and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission, and guidelines for the planning and implementation of an organized licensing arrangement for technology subject to international standards.