Qualcomm Says FTC Is Investigating It
Published: 11/5/14Read More
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May,11
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Mar,11
The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition
Published: 3/1/11 In this report, the FTC addressed the issue of a reasonable royalty for FRAND-encumbered SEPs. The Commission recommended that “[c]ourts should cap the royalty at the incremental value of the patented technology over alternatives available at the time the standard was chosen.” The FTC explained that setting the [...]
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Oct,10
Injunctions, Hold-Up, and Patent Royalties
Published: 10/19/10Publication: American Law and Economics ReviewCarl Shapiro, a leading competition economist and a former Chief Economist in the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, applied an economic model which “shows that for weak patents covering a minor feature of a high-margin product that takes time to redesign, a large fraction [...]
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Oct,10
China’s And Japan’s Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Warm Up To Each Other
Published: 10/10/16Publication: MondaqAlthough China and Japan have very different histories regarding their antitrust laws, antitrust enforcement officials from the two countries have recently taken steps to open a formal dialogue. This is a welcome development for Chinese and Japanese companies, as well as for foreign companies that do business in [...]
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Oct,10
Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages: Part 3
Published: 10/10/14Read More
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Sep,10
Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages: Part 2
Published: 10/9/14Read More
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Aug,10
Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages: Part 1
Published: 10/8/14Read More
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Jul,10
FTC Releases Long-Awaited Patent Assertion Entity Study
Published: 10/7/16Publication: Essential Patent BlogYesterday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a 269-page Report following its study of patent assertion entities (“PAEs”) — i.e. what the FTC’s press release calls “firms that acquire patents from third parties and then try to make money by licensing or suing accused infringers.” (see our Sep. 27, 2013 post, May [...]
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Jul,10
ITC denies request for early, separate consideration of SEP issues (Rockwell v. 3S Inv. 337-TA-1020)
Published: 10/7/16Publication: Essential Patent BlogThe U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) recently denied a respondents request to use the Early Disposition Pilot Program to address “whether the asserted patents are standards-essential and are encumbered by mandatory licensing obligations giving rise to public interest concerns."" - [READ MORE] Read More
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Apr,10
Recent court ruling may have nudged Google, Microsoft to settle patent disputes
Published: 10/4/15A few days before Microsoft and Google announced that they were dropping their patent disputes, a decision in an appeals court may have helped the two companies focus on a lasting compromise over their expensive lawsuits over smartphone and other patents. On Sept. 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]