A US Court Issues Second Ruling Determining RAND Rate for Standard Essential Patent (Innovatio)

Michael A. Carrier

4/23/2014
(Original Publish Date: 11/20/2013)

In the Innovatio litigation, Judge James Holderman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois determined the royalty a patentee could obtain after promising to license its patent on reasonable and nondiscriminatory (RAND) terms. Innovatio’s patents related to the 802.11 WiFi standard, which allows wireless devices such as routers, laptops, and cell phones to communicate with one another.