Kevin Mack, president of the Via Licensing Alliance
19 March 2026NewsPatentsSarah Speight
Tech in-house counsel rub shoulders at licensing event in Rome
Explaining to your teenage kids what the patent pools do is tricky, says Via’s president, but high-tech rights holders have fully bought in to the message, finds Sarah Speight.
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