The Alliance for US Startups & Inventors for Jobs sent the letter to Trump administration about standard-essential patents
The Alliance for US Startups & Inventors for Jobs sent a letter of support to the Trump administration, for the planned withdrawal from an arrangement with the US Patent and Trademark Office on standards-essential patents that was vested during Obama’s presidency. Standards-essential patents (SEPs) requires the patent-owner to licence others under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms. The coalition claims that this kind of system hampers innovation on the cost of companies that innovate and encourage companies to profit from use of other companies’ innovations.
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