Published: 4/13/17Publication: IAM"It has been quite an eventful start to 2017 in the Chinese IP market, particularly in the field of licensing. We’ve seen a major patent pool introduce a new royalty rate structure aimed at enticing more developing-market implementers to get involved, the first foreign NPE officially enter China through a joint venture [...]
Published: 4/5/17 In 2014, Unwired Planet asserted infringement claims against Google, Samsung, and Huawei over six UK patents that Unwired Planet obtained from Ericsson (note: Google and Samsung since settled, leaving only Huawei to fight the case). The patent portfolio at issue concerns five patents essential to the 2G, 3G, [...]
Published: 3/31/17Publication: Lexology"On 23 March 2017, the Antimonopoly Commission of China’s State Council (“AMC”) published the long-expected draft Guidelines on Prohibition of Abuses of Intellectual Property Rights (“draft IPR Guidelines”) for public comments. The draft IPR Guidelines aim to provide guidance on the enforcement of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) by the Chinese [...]
Published: 3/30/17Publication: IAM"A judge has revealed that there are more than 20 standards essential patent (SEP) disputes pending before the Beijing IP Court. The court’s vice president Chen Jinchuan confirmed the figure at a press conference last Wednesday at which he shared key developments from the venue’s second full year of existence. [...]
Published: 3/29/17Publication: Courthouse News Service"A federal judge advanced an antitrust case involving technology companies involved in internet connectivity and the compression of video files, finding their competitor offered sufficient evidence they lied to regulatory agencies about their patent intentions." - [READ MORE]Read More
Published: 3/28/17Publication: ZDNet"LG Electronics has filed a lawsuit against US smartphone maker BLU for alleged patent infringement. The South Korean tech giant said BLU infringed five of its LTE standard patents. Since last year, it sent notices informing BLU of its infringement without reply, the company said. LG filed the [...]
Published: 3/28/17Publication: Tech Portal"The Commission’s report mentions that Samsung tried supplying its own Exynos processors to other hardware makers but Qualcomm blocked them from doing so. The latter abused the power of its standard-essential patent, including technical standards such as Wi-Fi or 4G and licensed under fair terms, to prevent Samsung from selling [...]
Published: 3/27/17Publication: IAM Magazine"The week before last, Ericsson chief IP officer Gustav Brismark gave an interview to Bloomberg in which he revealed the royalty rates the company would be asking for in relation to patents covering 5G technology in the mobile communications sector. The transparency this implied received a great deal of [...]
Published: 3/27/17Publication: Fudzilla "The South Korea Trade Commission has decided that Qualcomm prevented Samsung from selling its Exynos processors to various third-party phone manufacturers." -- [READ MORE] Read More
Published: 3/24/17Publication: Digital Trends"Qualcomm and Samsung have a close working relationship — but it’s not always amiable. According to the South Korea Trade Commission (SKTC), chip-maker Qualcomm prevented Samsung from supplying its in-house Exynos processor to third parties. The Commission’s report claims that Qualcomm abused its standard-essential patents — which define technical [...]