Launch of the IPO's Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Resource Hub
Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert On 5 March 2024, I wrote in Patents: a New Resource Hub on Standard Essential Patents in May and HMG's other Proposals on FRAND Licensing that the IPO guidance document Standard Essential Patents: 2024 forward look promised an online SEP Resource Hub by May 2024 which would be a repository of tools, guidance and other material designed to help SMEs navigate what the IPO called "the SEPs ecosystem." The guidance also promised signposting to dispute resolution procedures, information on patent pools, and court processes to resolve disputes. Possibly because an election was called in May the resource hub's launch was delayed until 22 July 2024. It is now up and running and can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/seps-resource-hub on the Intellectual Property Office ("IPO") website. The best place to start is the IPO press release One-stop SEPs Resource Hub launched by UK IPO ...