Published: November 23, 2017 Publisher: Mondaq “For years, there has been robust debate among legal scholars, practitioners, and enforcers over whether and how the antitrust laws should be applied in the context of industry standard setting, and, in particular, with regard to violations of FRAND licensing commitments made by holders of standard-essential [...]
Published: November 29, 2017 Publisher: IPPro Patents “The EU Commission has published its communication on standard-essential patents (SEPs), outlining key objectives for SEPs in Europe. The communication was published this morning, with the EU outlining its two main objectives: “incentivising the development and inclusion of top technologies in standards, by preserving fair [...]
Published: November 21, 2017 Publisher: Townhall “Many historians believe that one of the main reasons why the U.S. won the Cold War was its decisive lead over the Soviet Union in computer and telecommunications technology, which, by the 1980s, made it virtually impossible for the Soviets to compete, either economically or militarily. [...]
Electronics Weekly By David Manners November 21, 2017 “Broadcom is touting itself as the regulators’ pal as it hints that it might be up for changing Qualcomm’s notorious licensing practices if it succeeds in its bid for Qualcomm. Such a result would not only be a relief to regulators who [...]
Published: November 16, 2017 Publisher: Daily Caller “Qualcomm has asked the International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt the importation of some Apple smartphones that use the chips of its competitors. The issue stems from a patent dispute between Qualcomm, a maker of baseband processor chipsets used in many popular electronic devices, and [...]
Published: November 9, 2017 Publisher: IPKat “Tomorrow is a big day for standard essential patents. The language of the hotly anticipated and contested European Commission Communication on SEP licensing is set to be agreed by European Commission directorates-general. The final version of the Communication is understood to be made public before December 2017. Readers [...]
Published: November 9, 2017 Publisher: ACT | The App Association If you can have access to a patented technology but you aren’t allowed to licence it, that either means the licensor is offering it up for free, in the way open source software developers offer up their wares free to others without [...]
Published: November 9, 2017 Publisher: IAM "Broadcom electrified the tech world earlier this week when it made a $130 billion offer for Qualcomm. The advance looks set to be rebuffed by the Qualcomm board, but it seems likely that this is a story that will run for a while yet. Given the sectors [...]
Published: November 9, 2017 Publisher: World IP Review "Trade body The App Association has responded to criticism of a ‘licence to all’ policy in the European Commission’s current draft of the communication on standard-essential patents (SEPs). On Tuesday, November 7, WIPR reported that IP Europe, an alliance of small and medium-sized companies originally co-founded by [...]
Published: November 9, 2017 Publisher: IAM “The head of one of the organisations involved in lobbying around the keenly anticipated European Commission Communication on the licensing of standards essential patents has told IAM he is optimistic that the final draft of the paper will deliver a positive outcome for his membership. “I am hopeful [...]