Published: 12/4/14In this decision, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviewed a trial court’s decision upholding a jury award of $0.15 for three Wi-Fi SEPs.   The Court of Appeals held that the trial court had not instructed the jury properly and reversed the damages award.  In particular, it [...]

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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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Published: 10/1/14Four years ago to the day, Microsoft sued Motorola over Android. A few days later, Motorola sued Apple. Disputes between Oracle and Google, Apple and HTC, as well as Nokia and Apple were already ongoing. In early October 2010 I decided to focus on smartphone patent disputes (as a blogger [...]

Published: 10/1/14This article discusses how FRAND commitments should be enforced to achieve their economic goals and avoid anti-competitive effects.  It first discusses who should be able to obtain a license to FRAND-encumbered SEPs.  The article concludes that any willing licensee should be able to get a license and that SEP [...]