SEPs have long been used by local, state, and federal regulators as part of environmental settlements. SEPs allow a portion of a civil penalty to be mitigated, in exchange for the settling defendant ...

“A close examination of SEP databases reveals that a large number of patents that have been declared SEPs are not essential.” Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) cover technology that must be used to ...

Special enrollment periods (SEPs) allow certain people to sign up for Medicare outside the yearly open enrollment period (OEP). People can qualify for Medicare SEPs due to life changing circumstances, ...

As 5G cellular standards continue to connect billions of smartphones, automobiles, and IoT devices, the licensing of standard essential patents (“SEPs”) has emerged as a key interest of businesses and ...