The two-and-a-half-year dispute about standard essential patent (SEP) licensing between Nokia and German car maker \u2013 Daimler AG, has finally come to an end with the latter finally agreeing to Nokia\u2019s licensing terms. Although Nokia has now succeeded in its pursuit, however the battle isn\u2019t only about licensing, and is rather about licensing on Nokia\u2019s terms. This assumption is based on the chain of events in the long-standing dispute, for which terms of agreement have been kept confidential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The key issue in the Nokia – Daimler SEP battle had more to do with portfolio\u2019s applicability in the supply chain which persistently remained as the basis for disagreement. While the car giant argued for the portfolio\u2019s applicability down the supply chain, the telecom behemoth argued otherwise, and who doesn\u2019t know the correlation between supply chain dynamics and effective licensing terms, as well as its corresponding revenue generation prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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