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Comment: Japanese automakers face adversarial court rulings over SEP licensing to suppliers

Japanese automakers are under increasing pressure to pay for standard essential patents, or SEPs, for connected cars, after a series of court verdicts in Europe and the US indicated that it’s not illegal for licensors to license their patents to automakers instead of suppliers.
Japan’s top automakers, Toyota Motor, Nissan

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Sachiko Sakamaki

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo


Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.

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