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Benjamin C. Elacqua

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Analyzing SEPs: Strategies for Licensing Negotiations

Anti-Suit Injunctions in Global SEP Disputes

Enforcing SEPs at the ITC: Injunctive Relief Globally

The Cost of Inaction as Standardization Comes for the EV and Battery Industries

USPTO, DOJ Statement of Interest Supports Injunctive Relief

The Shifting SEP Litigation Landscape: How Changes in the Types of Litigated SEPs Can Affect Implementers

Adding to the SEP Toolkit: AI and SEP Analysis

5 in ’25: Standard Essential Patents

USPTO Launches SEP Working Group

Standard Essential Patents: Life Cycle Overview

IAM Live: SEP Summit Asia 2026

Principal Frank Albert Discusses How Connectivity Standards Are Shaping Semiconductor Disputes

Principal Benjamin Elacqua Provides Perspective on USPTO’s Standard Essential Patent Strategy

Co-Leaders Benjamin Elacqua and Christina McDonough on the Vision Behind Fish & Richardson’s Standard Essential Patents Practice

Fish & Richardson Appoints Trailblazers in Standard Essential Patents to Lead Global Practice

Association of Corporate Patent Counsel Summer Meeting 2025

Principals Won Yoon, Hyun Jin In, and Daniel Tishman Discuss the Role of Standardization in Future Mobility

Strafford Webinar: Patenting Standardized Technologies

Navigating the SEP Landscape: Insights from Principal Benjamin Elacqua

2nd IP Forefront Auto Forum 2024