Published: October 6, 2017 Publisher: National Law Review “The public version of ALJ Shaw’s Initial Determination (ID) in U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation Certain Magnetic Data Storage Tapes and Cartridges Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1012 (1012 Investigation), provides important guidance on enforcement of standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the ITC. [...]
Published: October 4, 2017 Publisher: Bloomberg “IPhone season, that extravaganza of novelty and surprise, began in mid-September with a two-hour-long presentation at Apple Inc.’s brand-new, spaceshiplike campus. Amid oohs, ahs, and an embarrassing number of standing ovations, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook introduced two phones. The iPhone 8, an updated version [...]
Published: October 3, 2017 Publisher: Telecompaper “The European Union is looking to finalise its guidelines on how much patent holders should charge for their technologies by the end of the year, reports Reuters, citing the European Commission’s deputy director general Antti Peltomaki. The guidelines will not be legally binding but could [...]
Published: October 3, 2017 Publisher: IAM “On Friday, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) said it would issue guidelines on SEP licensing negotiations after a month-long public consultation period. The policy document will stake out an official view on issues such as what constitutes good faith and reasonable royalties in SEP talks. But we [...]
Published: October 2, 2017 Publisher: Reuters “The European Union is drawing up guidelines on how much patent holders should charge for their technologies, a thorny issue that pits Apple and other users against Qualcomm and Ericsson. Trillions of dollars in sales are at stake as regulators ponder whether a fridge maker [...]
Published: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Lexology “Two recent decisions in Unwired Planet v Huawei clarify and supplement recent European case law on the meaning of FRAND and provide guidance on how to conclude a FRAND (fair reasonable and non-discriminatory) licence and calculate FRAND royalties. They also signal the dawn of the [...]
Published: September 27, 2017 Publisher: Out-law “New guidance on how businesses should go about negotiating the terms of licence agreements for standard-essential patents has been provided by the Düsseldorf Appeals Court in a recently published ruling. The judgment builds on principles established in case law by the EU's highest court, and also highlights [...]
Published: September 21, 2017 Publisher: Phone Arena “Judge Gonzolo P. Curiel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, today rejected Qualcomm's request for a preliminary injunction. Qualcomm was hoping that the court would force manufacturers of the Apple iPhone and AppleiPad to pay the chip maker royalties for the use of certain Qualcomm patents. These [...]
Published: September 20, 2017 Publisher: Apple Insider “Apple and Qualcomm have a complex relationship, in that Apple doesn't directly license Qualcomm's patents involved in this case. Instead, Apple's contract manufacturers Foxconn, Pegatron, Wistron and Compal pay licensing fees to Qualcomm for the use of its patents involved in manufacturing cellular iPads [...]
Published: September 19, 2017 Publisher: IAM “US district court judge James Robart has taken aim at the decision handed down by Justice Colin Birss in the high profile London High Court SEP/FRAND case of Unwired Planet v Huawei, decided earlier this year. Speaking at the annual IPO meeting in San Franciscoyesterday, Robart – who handed [...]