Save Our Standards joined @actonline, @EngineOrg, and @HiTechInventors in urging the DOJ and FTC to maintain clear, predictable guidance for procompetitive business collaborations without conflating those principles with standards-setting and SEP licensing issues. Technical standards and FRAND commitments help drive innovation, interoperability, and investment across the American economy. Policymakers should preserve balanced, transparent frameworks that give innovators and manufacturers the confidence to collaborate, compete, and grow. Read the letter here: saveourstandards.com/wp-cont…

America’s innovation leadership depends on strong technical standards and balanced FRAND enforcement. Weakening the Supreme Court’s eBay framework would increase costs, reduce competition, and threaten American manufacturers developing AI, IoT, connected vehicles, and next-generation technologies. Standards succeed when innovators can compete — not when SEP holders use injunction threats to demand above-FRAND terms.

“eBay has been the law of the land for nearly 20 years.” @autosinnovate's Tara Hairston explains why balanced injunction standards matter for innovation, fair licensing negotiations and protecting American businesses from coercive SEP licensing tactics. Strong FRAND principles help keep markets competitive and innovation moving forward.

What is the real-world cost of SEP abuse? When innovators face unpredictable licensing demands and injunction threats, they could avoid adopting the newest technologies altogether, says @SchneiderElec's Fergal Clarke. That slows innovation, weakens competitiveness and hurts technology adoption across industries.

🎉 Happy National Small Business Week! As we celebrate the outstanding contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners, Save Our Standards recognizes that—from startups to growing manufacturers—small businesses depend on predictable and fair SEP licensing to invest, build, and compete. For more on how the enforcement of FRAND obligations is affecting U.S. competitiveness and small businesses, check out our latest webinar! 🔗 youtu.be/2vKqPZs3BRU?si=6Yi2…

The USTR’s Special 301 Report played into the hands of our foreign adversaries by ignoring the harm SEP abuse causes American small businesses and manufacturers. These positions weaken U.S. manufacturing. SEP abuse taxes American companies and undermines their ability to compete in foreign markets.

Happening today! Don’t miss our discussion on the global SEP landscape and its implications for U.S. tech leadership. There’s still time to register! 🔗us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

When FRAND commitments are applied inconsistently across jurisdictions, the consequences aren’t theoretical—they shape markets, investment, and U.S. competitiveness. Tomorrow, join our webinar to unpack what’s at stake. 🗓 April 28, 2026 ⏰ 2:00 PM ET 🔗us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

Foreign courts and regulators are taking divergent approaches to FRAND enforcement. What does that mean for American innovation leadership? Join our webinar to find out! 🗓 April 28, 2026 ⏰ 2:00 PM ET 🔗us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

Save Our Standards is urging the White House to address SEP policy in its forthcoming National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing. Without enforcing strong, predictable FRAND protections, US innovation and competitiveness will suffer. Read more in @mlexclusive: mlex.com/mlex/antitrust/arti…

ICYMI: SOS submitted comments to @WhiteHouse OSTP on the National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing. “The United States should be a leader in supporting U.S. advanced manufacturing by taking steps domestically and abroad that promote SEP licensing on a level playing field.” Read our full submission: saveourstandards.com/wp-cont…

📺 As AI patents surge, more of them will shape the standards that power tomorrow’s technologies. As @morganwreed, from SOS member @ACTOnline, explained at @SOTN, when standard essential patents (SEPs) aren’t licensed on FRAND terms, they can become "a weapon to exclude" competitors or dictate market access. This abusive and anti-competitive behavior is stifling innovation, causing consumer harm and out-of-control prices for some next-generation technologies.

🗞️ICYMI: In a new @mlexclusive piece, Save Our Standards warned that injunctions can distort licensing negotiations, inject uncertainty into global markets and drive up costs for American manufacturers and families. 🔗mlex.com/mlex/intellectual-p…

Patent owners and innovators are urging the White House to reconsider the USPTO’s proposed IPR rule, warning it could insulate invalid patents and raise costs for American businesses. Strong innovation requires fair, predictable patent review. Read more from @RobertsonNickJ in @mlexclusive: mlex.com/mlex/intellectual-p…

🖊️ICYMI: Save Our Standards joined several member organizations in urging the Trump administration to withdraw the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s proposed Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 🔗saveourstandards.com/wp-cont…

👏 During a #SOTN26 panel, SOS member and President of @actonline, @morganwreed, discussed the evolving role of standards in the future of AI, highlighting the abusive tactics SEP holders use to stifle innovation.

We're looking forward to seeing SOS member Morgan Reed, President of @ACTonline, at next week's State of the Net Conference discussing sovereign AI and the future of global internet governance. The future of innovation depends on strong standards and balanced policies. #SOTN26

As more industries rely on collaborative industry standards, markets like streaming are feeling the impact—underscoring the need for fair and balanced licensing. ICYMI: law360.com/articles/2427520/…