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13th Feb,12

Statement of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on Its Decision to Close Its Investigations of Google Inc.’s Acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and The Acquisitions of Certain Patents by Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Researc

2017-05-22T19:17:57+00:00By |

Published: 2/13/12This statement announced the closing of the acquisitions of two large patent portfolios in the telephony and networking industries.  During the investigation, some firms expressed concerns about the anticompetitive use of SEPs that were included within the acquired portfolios.  These concerns, were obviated, however, by the acquirers' commitment during [...]

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1st Jan,12

Robert Bosch GmbH

2017-05-23T04:14:59+00:00By |

Published: 1/1/12 The U.S. FTC settled charges that a company acquired by Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) “reneged on a licensing commitment made to two standard-setting bodies to license its standards-essential patents (‘SEPs’) … on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (‘FRAND’) by seeking injunctions against willing licensees of those SEPs.” In [...]

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1st Jan,12

Samsung Electronics CO., LTD v. Apple Korea Ltd.

2017-05-23T03:55:44+00:00By |

Published: 1/1/12 In April 2011, Samsung filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court seeking an injunction against Apple for infringement of patents it claimed were essential to the UMTS cellular standard, and for which Samsung had made FRAND commitments to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Apple contested [...]

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15th Dec,11

German court awards injunction to NPE in first post-Huawei v ZTE standard essential patent decision

2017-05-22T19:17:57+00:00By |

Published: 11/12/15Publication: IAMA press release sent out this afternoon by German law firm Arnold Ruess reveals that its client Sisvel, the Italian patent licensing business, has secured a significant victory in the German courts. In the country's first decision relating to FRAND and standards essential patents (SEPs) since the European [...]

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16th Nov,11

Dolby sues Oppo, Vivo over patent infringement, companies to deposit Rs 34 per smartphone to Delhi High Court

2017-05-22T19:17:57+00:00By |

Published: 11/11/16Publication: BGR"Dolby has dragged two Chinese mobile phone players, Vivo and OPPO, in India to the court over alleged licensing violations. The two companies have been directed by the Delhi High Court to deposit royalty on per unit manufactured, sold and imported in India in an escrow account while [...]

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16th Jul,11

China’s Patent-Lawsuit Profile Grows

2017-05-22T19:17:57+00:00By |

Published: 11/7/16Publication: Wall Street Journal"When a Canadian patent-licensing firm wanted to sue Japanese electronics company Sony Corp., it chose an unlikely venue: China. Ottawa-based WiLAN Inc., which earns revenue by licensing its patents, filed a suit against Sony last week in a court in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, alleging that the Japanese company’s [...]

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16th Jul,11

French Court Rejects Unfair Competition Claim Based on Patentee’s Compliance with Huawei v. ZTE

2017-05-22T19:17:57+00:00By |

Published: 11/7/16Publication: Comparative Patent Remedies"In a judgment dated September 20, 2016, the Tribunal de Commerce de Marseille rejected an unfair competition claim filed by Wiko, which markets mobile phones, products, and telecommunications services, against Sisvel, which the court describes as an intermediary between patent owners and implementers.  (Judgment available here, in [...]

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