PATENT GROUPTHINK UNRAVELS.

The article explores conventional assumptions on U.S. patent law and policy. Topics discussed include the challenges to theories of patent holdup and royalty stacking on standard-essential patents in the smartphone and electronics markets, increasing concern of the Supreme Court on the lack of procedural protections of patentees in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reexamination process, and the challenge to the role of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in patent application.