This blog was originally posted on ACT | The App Association's website. In a new blog post, IP Europe gave its favorite false narrative a new coat of paint by suggesting that the bedrock FRAND requirement of “license for all” equates to some kind of “license to kill.” It’s a [...]
By Timothy Muris Timothy J. Muris is a Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP. He was the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, 1983-85, and Chairman of the FTC, 2001-04. Since leaving the FTC, [...]
This blog is cross posted from the Fair Standards Alliance. The blog was originally published on August 17th, and may be viewed here. As explained in our Position Paper of 24 June 2016, today’s increasingly connected world demands cooperation and interoperation among many different products. To ensure widespread adoption of common standardized [...]
On August 11, ACT | The App Association submitted comments to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) to argue that a stay of KFTC's Corrective Order on Qualcomm's licensing practices would cause irreparable public harm to the public interest. To view the full submission, please click here.
In June, Judge Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Qualcomm’s motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement suit asserting that Qualcomm violated competition law in its mobile phone chip licensing practices. ACT | The App Association believes that a ruling based [...]
The following is a guest blog written by Timothy Muris, a Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP. The smartphone is a testament to the creative minds and herculean cooperation that transformed our personal and professional lives. Yet more than [...]
In April, ACT | The App Association was pleased to submit comments to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) State Council to provide feedback on its draft Guidelines for Anti-Monopoly Enforcement Against Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights (Draft Guidelines). The App Association’s comments outline how the patent policies of Chinese [...]
Washington, D.C. – Today, a broad group of companies and organizations representing the auto and technology industries sent a letter to the White House to raise awareness of the growing danger of standards essential patent (SEP) abuse and expressed support for government action against anti-competitive licensing practices involving SEPs. The [...]
Technical standardization can involve the integration of hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of technologies, many of which are protected by patents. Such “standard essential patents” (SEPs) are subject to a variety of unique contract and competition law issues and considerations. To support access to and use of standards, [...]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm accusing it of violating the patent licensing commitments it made to prominent standards-setting organizations in order to maintain its monopoly on the chips used in cellphones and other mobile devices. This FTC action has attracted significant media attention. Its outcome will [...]