The 5G SEP self-declared landscape has exploded over the past 2 years. The number of self-declared 5G SEP families has grown 275% since 5G Release 15 was frozen mid-2019. Meanwhile the number of technical contributions to the 5G standard has grown only 40% during the same time frame. Craig Thompson, Unified Consulting's General Manager, and Matthias Schneider, Audi's Chief Licensing Officer, interpret the latest 5G SEP self-declaration data and explore the relationship between 5G standard technical contributions and 5G SEP self-declarations.

Speakers:

Craig Thompson — General Manager & COO, Unified Consulting

Matthias Schneider — Chief Licensing Officer, AUDI AG

“Cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) will serve as the foundation for vehicles to communicate with each other and everything around them. This provides a 360º non-line-of-sight awareness and a higher level of predictability for enhanced road safety and autonomous driving.” Join our panelists as they introduce the C-V2X technology, its patent landscape, and its impact on licensing.

Speakers:

Craig Thompson — General Manager & COO, Unified Consulting

Christopher Devries — Senior IP Attorney, General Motors Company

David Djavaherian — Partner, PacTech Law PC

Join us as we discuss 5G RAN characteristics and the market forces/economics of Open RAN. We will also cover vRAN and C-RAN and how each of the new technologies could change the licensing landscape.

Speakers:

Craig Thompson — General Manager & COO, Unified Consulting

John Morgan — Head of Solutions & Deployments, Facebook Connectivity

We will discuss the 5G patent landscape and ETSI declarations. Our discussions will revolve around the interesting observations of the 5G landscape and highlight why declarations are important to SEP licensing. We will also cover the latest development on FRAND jurisprudence and the ramifications of declared and undeclared patents.

Speakers:

Craig Thompson – General Manager & COO, Unified Consulting

Francisco Sanchez – Vice President & Chief IP Counsel Intellectual Property, America Honda Motor Co.

Earl Nied – Program Director of Standards and IPR, Intel Corporation