A reset is underway in the patent-antitrust debate.
This debate had devolved to an unproductive state. On one side, patent owners whose “hold-up,” or refusal to license their patents at a rate the would-be licensees demand, getting persecuted for actually using the exclusivity their patents supposedly guarantee.
On the other side, technology implementers, who license others' patents, are increasingly practicing “hold-out.” The would-be licensees refuse to license the patent, claiming the fee isn't fair. Hold-out puts implementers in the driver's seat because the patented items often comprise components of end products, not end products themselves.
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