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ARTICLE · 11 DECEMBER 2024

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Standard Essential Patents: A New Challenge For The IoT And Smart Meter World

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The smart meter rollout is an example of the digital transformation of the energy sector. A digital communication network is spread over the electricity, gas, and water infrastructure. Smart meters

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Tobias Baus , LL.M., Dipl.-Ing.
Tobias Baus , LL.M., Dipl.-Ing.
Thomas Pattloch, LL.M.Eur
Thomas Pattloch, LL.M.Eur
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The smart meter rollout is an example of the digital transformation of the energy sector. A digital communication network is spread over the electricity, gas, and water infrastructure. Smart meters, gateways and control devices use communication standards (such as WLAN, 5G, etc.) for system integration.

These communication standards are based on technology that is often patented. As a result, a licence market worth billions has developed for patent holders for mobile communication standards such as LTE: Large patent holders and patent exploiters have already discovered the smart grid as a source of income and have started to demand licence payments from device manufacturers and infrastructure operators.

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