Published: 1/13/17Publication: The RegisterEU policy makers are considering introducing a new licensing regime for anonymised "machine-generated data". It is one of the options the European Commission said could be introduced to facilitate greater access to the ever-growing volumes of data generated by "computer processes, applications or services, or by sensors [...]
On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, the Korea Fair Trade Commission’s (KFTC) Anti-Monopoly Bureau issued a decision imposing sanctions against Qualcomm Incorporated (Qualcomm) in the amount of 1.03 trillion Korean Won (approximately $865 million USD) for alleged violations of Korean competition laws. After conducting a comprehensive investigation that spanned for more than a [...]
Published: 12/30/16Publication: ACT | The App AssociationThe following statement has been issued by ACT | The App Association in response to the Korea Fair Trade Commission issuing a 1.03 trillion won ($853 million) fine on Qualcomm Inc. for violating antitrust laws: “The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has, after an extensive investigation, decided to significantly [...]
Published: 12/29/16Publication: FOSS PatentsSouth Korea's competition watchdog, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), has just imposed a $853 million fine on Qualcomm for "monpolistic" practices involving its patent dealings. In particular, the antitrust agency stated that Qualcomm "has violated its agreement to license patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms." Qualcomm can [...]
Published: 12/27/16Publication: Bloomberg"South Korea’s antitrust regulator slapped a record 1.03 trillion won ($853 million) fine on Qualcomm Inc. for violating antitrust laws, the latest in a string of government actions that threaten the U.S. chipmaker’s most profitable business. The South Korean Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday that the company licensed its key [...]
Published: 12/23/16Publication: Essential Patent Blog"Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins recently denied Apple’s equitable defense that sought to hold a Core Wireless standard essential patent unenforceable because the prior patent owner Nokia allegedly failed to timely disclose to the ETSI standards body a pending patent application. Judge Cousins also entered Final Judgment based on the [...]
Much of the public is aware that a number of controversies swirl around the treatment of patents. However, due to the high-powered litigation surrounding these disputes between large companies with household recognition (and the sometimes staggering damage awards that grab headlines), some may perceive this as simply another front in [...]
Published: 12/21/16Publication: The Street"Apple Inc. has filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against patent lawsuit machines Acacia Research Corp., and Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., accusing them of colluding with Nokia Corp. "to extract and extort exorbitant revenues" from Apple and other cellphone makers. Apple accuses Acacia and the other companies [...]
Published: 11/29/16Publication: FOSS Patents"There was a time when I spent most Fridays--and occasionally also a Tuesday--in Mannheim (and on trains from Munich to Mannheim and back) to watch numerous smartphone patent trials. After coming to terms with a prohibition on making Internet connections from the courtroom (which prevented me from [...]
Published: 11/28/16Publication: Lexology""The Düsseldorf Court of Appeal’s first oral hearing in the proceedings “Sisvel vs. Haier” took place on 17 November 2016. Sisvel sued Haier on the ground of the Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs”) EP 1 264 504 and EP 0 852 885 which are part of Sisvel’s “Wireless Portfolio”. [...]