Josh Schmid

Josh Schmid

October 22, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Demystifying 2020's Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing Disputes

While COVID-19 may have temporarily slowed some of the day-to-day activities in the legal profession, the headlines show that the wars over standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing of SEPs persist without abandon.

By Josh Schmid

8 minute read

March 27, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Government Delays, Shutdowns and Slowdowns—How They Affect IP Rights

Damage assessments of the partial government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, place the cost of the government shutdown to the U.S. economy between $6 billion and $11 billion. Although the threat of another shutdown seems to have passed for now, speculation continues to abound as to what catastrophes await in the event of another government shutdown.

By Jay Halt and Josh Schmid

8 minute read


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