The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The End of U.S. Government Guidance on FRAND?" on November 15, 2022 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET).  Jorge Contreras of the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; Nicholas Matich of McKool Smith; Stevan Mitchell, Office of Standards and Intellectual Property (OSIP) International Trade Administration at U.S. Dept. of Commerce; and Paul Zeineddin of Blank Rome LLP will focus on the history and context of the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Patent and Trademark Office's 2013, 2019, and (draft) 2021 policy statements on remedies for standards-essential patents, as well as the legal impact of their withdrawal, and will also discuss where the U.S. government, standards organizations, and private parties should go from here.

The registration fee for the webinar is $150 for non-members or free for IPO members (government and academic rates are available upon request).  Those interested in attending the webinar should register here.