IP and Strategic Competition with China: Part IV – Patents, Standards, and Lawfare
Date:
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2141 Rayburn House Office Building
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The hearing, "IP and Strategic Competition with China: Part IV - Patents, Standards, and Lawfare," will examine the role of standard essential patents (SEPs) in the strategic competition between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC), including recent developments with respect to international technical standards, SEP policies in the PRC and other jurisdictions, SEP licensing practices involving the PRC, the weaponization of courts and legal processes, and the impact on American innovators and businesses.
WITNESSES:
- Walter Copan, PhD, Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines
- Kent Baker, Head of IP Strategy, Litigation & Licensing, u-blox America, Inc.
- Thomas Cotter, Taft Stettinius & Hollister Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
- Mark Cohen, Edison Fellow, Antonin Scalia School of Law, George Mason University