Published: January 25, 2018 Publisher: Law 360 Apple, Microsoft and other leading technology companies raised concerns to the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division on Wednesday over a possible shift in its enforcement focus away from standard-essential patent holders and onto licensees. Read more.
By Professor Jorge L. Contreras This blog was originally posted on PatentlyO, and can be viewed here. On December 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California released its long-awaited Memorandum of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in TCL Communications v. Ericsson (SACV 14-341 JVS(DFMx) and [...]
This blog was originally posted on the ACTonline website. It can be viewed here. On November 29, 2017, the European Commission (EC) issued a highly-anticipated Communication on the licensing practices for standard essential patents (SEPs). The EC issued the Communication to provide a “balanced, smooth and predictable framework for SEPs” that [...]
Published: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Law.com U.S. District Judge James Selna of the Central District of California has concluded a mammoth trial over FRAND royalties by more than halving the rates Swedish telecom Ericsson was seeking from China’s TCL Communication, the world’s seventh largest smartphone maker. Read more.
Published: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Lexology In Nov. 29, 2017, the European Commission published its long-awaited guidance (found here) on litigating and licensing standard-essential patents (SEPs). The commission is charged with enforcing the European Union’s competition laws. The communication is part of broader efforts in the EU to bolster European intellectual [...]
Published: December 21, 2017 On December 21, 2017, Judge James Selna of the Central District of California issued a highly anticipated decision in the TCL Communications v. Ericsson case, which addresses the ambiguity surrounding the calculation of fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) royalty rates for standard-essential patents (SEPs). Despite several [...]
Published: December 13, 2017 Publisher: Bloomberg BNA “The International Trade Commission said it would partially review an initial ruling that Sony Corp. infringed two Fujifilm Corp. magnetic tape patents, opening the door for the agency to provide guidance on enforcing patents essential to widely used technology standards. An ITC administrative law [...]
This was originally published on the ACT | The App Association blog, here. Last month, the Supreme Court of Korea, the Republic of Korea's highest court, issued an important ruling that will have a wide impact on standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing practices. In [...]
Published: December 12, 2017 Publisher: FOSS Patents “Given that I'm working hard on my personal "Flexit," I'm the exact opposite of your average "EU über alles" kind of claquEUr. But when the EU does something right, I'll acknowledge it. The "Communication from the [EU] Commission to the [EU] Institutions on Setting [...]
Published: December 7, 2017 Publisher: Lexology “Industry standards are an important tool to ensure that consistent, compatible approaches are adopted by all participants in a particular field. For example, in industries such as electronics and telecommunications, there is a need to ensure interoperability and compatibility of products made by competing manufacturers. [...]