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ARTICLES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Roberto Dini regularly authors articles on the subject of Intellectual Property.
Among the most recent ones:
Patent Elves: The Role Of Non-Practicing Patent Owners In The Innovation Economy
LES Nouvelles – June 2025
The term “non-practicing entities” (NPEs) describes entities that own patents and whose principal activity is licensing them. NPEs […]
Forget the trolls, it’s time to embrace the elves
IP Watchdog – June 2025
The term “patent troll” has become ubiquitous in the IP world since it was first coined at Intel […]
Patent pools should have a central role in European SEP policy
IAM – February 2025
The recent European Commission move to withdraw the SEP regulation was a welcome development. However, this is not because […]
AI innovation and a ‘person skilled in the art’
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice – February 2025
In an editorial published in May 2024,1 we examined the […]
Different Policy Orientations Influence the Patent and Litigation Ecosystem
LES Nouvelles – March 2024
During the LES USA & Canada 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago in October 2023, a panel of senior […]
AI and Standard Essential Patents: The MPAI Experience
Digital Single Market and Artificial Intelligence – February 2024
While standards bodies like ITU and ISO/IEC have a long history of promoting innovation […]
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Acknowledgment by the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission for supporting the development of the report “Patent Assertion Entities in Europe: Their impact on innovation and knowledge transfer in ICT markets”
This report has been developed in close collaboration with Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), companies affected by PAEs, companies that are clients of PAEs, and experts in the field. Most of the insights and the added value we provide derive from the fruitful exchange with the stakeholders involved. The authors and editors would like to express special thanks to Roberto Dini, Sir Robin Jacob, Thomas Kramler, Ruud Peters and Heinz Polsterer for their very helpful suggestions and contributions in the process of drafting this report.
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Patent Elf is a term coined by Roberto Dini who suggests that there is kinder and gentler sort of licensing company that a Troll, that acts to propagate technology and encourage R&D by allowing researchers to profit from their labours.