Over-Declaration of Standard Essential Patents and Determinants of Essentiality

47 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2017 Last revised: 11 Sep 2018

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Robin Stitzing

Compass Lexecon

Pekka Sääskilahti

Compass Lexecon

Jimmy Royer

Analysis Group, Inc.; Université de Sherbrooke - Department of Economics

Marc Van Audenrode

Université Laval - Département d'Économique; Analysis Group, Inc.

Date Written: October 27, 2017

Abstract

Not all Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are actually essential – a phenomenon called over-declaration. IPR policies of standard-setting organizations require patent holders to declare any patents as SEPs that might be essential, without further SSO review or detailed compulsory declaration information. We analyze actual essentiality of 4G cellular standard SEPs. A declaration against a specific technical specification document of the standard is a strong predictor of essentiality. We also find that citations from and to SEPs declared to the same standard predict essentiality. Our results provide policy guidance and call for recognition of over-declaration in the economics literature.

Keywords: standards, standard essential patents, intellectual property, innovation

JEL Classification: K11, K21, L44, L51, L52

Suggested Citation

Stitzing, Robin and Sääskilahti, Pekka and Royer, Jimmy and Van Audenrode, Marc, Over-Declaration of Standard Essential Patents and Determinants of Essentiality (October 27, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2951617 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2951617

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