Published: September 18, 2017 Publisher: European Commission Press Release “On 13 September, in his annual State of the Union address, President Jean-Claude Juncker stated: "I want to make our industry stronger and more competitive. The new Industrial Policy Strategy we are presenting today will help our industries stay or become the [...]
Published: September 15, 2017 Publisher: IAM “A state-owned entity from Guangzhou is the plaintiff in China’s latest SEP enforcement effort, and the world’s top TV seller, Samsung, is among those in the crosshairs. Shenzhen-based Skyworth and Shandong-based Hisense are the other targets in the campaign, which centres on a domestic Chinese audio-related standards. Digital [...]
Published: September 13, 2017 Publisher: Law360 “In a recent article, Maureen Ohlhausen, the acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, delivered a sobering attack on the agency, noting that it and other antitrust agencies have “lost sight of core antitrust principles.” This critique goes to the very core of the raison d’etre [...]
By Timothy Muris Timothy J. Muris is a Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP. He was the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, 1983-85, and Chairman of the FTC, 2001-04. Since leaving the FTC, [...]
Published: September 11, 2017 Publisher: USA Today "Global business practices are now under scrutiny like never before thanks to President Trump’s pledge to pull the U.S. out of bad trade deals. The idea that industrial giants have been acting in ways counter to principles countries have agreed upon is the subject [...]
Published: September 8, 2017 Publisher: The Recorder “Qualcomm Inc. lost two pretrial skirmishes on Friday in its patent and antitrust battle against Apple Inc.—in just about every way imaginable. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel of San Diego repeatedly found that Qualcomm had misstated the law, overreached with its arguments or was [...]
Published: September 6, 2017 Publisher: Forbes “Nokia’s licensing business has been in the news over the last few months after Apple agreed to pay the company €1.7 billion (~$2 billion) upfront to settle outstanding patent licensing disputes. Although patent royalties have accounted for a very small portion of Nokia’s overall revenues historically, [...]
Published: September 5, 2017 Publisher: Inside Sources “The Federal Trade Commission’s case against Qualcomm, as I have previously opined, is a dispute that shouldn’t be ignored. Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California recently denied Qualcomm’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s case. Now both parties have an opportunity to [...]
Published: September 5, 2017 Publisher: National Law Review “The decision in U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation Certain Magnetic Data Storage Tapes and Cartridges Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1012 (“1012 Investigation”), is still confidential, but the ITC has issued a notice stating that ALJ Shaw has ruled in favor of [...]
Published: September 4, 2017 Publisher: Foss Patents “Last December, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) handed down a decision against Qualcomm that U.S. tech companies welcomed. The following month, the FTC and Apple sued Qualcomm on antitrust grounds in California. In March, it became known that Qualcomm's refusal to licenses its [...]