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Japan continues to update SEP-licensing guidance, following release of negotiation guidelines

Japanese stakeholders have mostly welcomed the industry ministry’s recent guidelines on licensing negotiations for essential technologies, which are intended to curb disputes between licensors and licensees over connected cars. Many issues, however, remain to be addressed
Moving forward, automakers and the electronics industry have different expectations of the government, while

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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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