Published: September 5, 2017 Publisher: Inside Sources “The Federal Trade Commission’s case against Qualcomm, as I have previously opined, is a dispute that shouldn’t be ignored. Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California recently denied Qualcomm’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s case. Now both parties have an opportunity to [...]

Published: September 5, 2017 Publisher: National Law Review “The decision 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”), is still confidential, but the ITC has issued a notice stating that ALJ Shaw has ruled in favor of [...]

Published: September 4, 2017 Publisher: Foss Patents “Last December, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) handed down a decision against Qualcomm that U.S. tech companies welcomed. The following month, the FTC and Apple sued Qualcomm on antitrust grounds in California. In March, it became known that Qualcomm's refusal to licenses its [...]

Published: September 4, 2017 Publisher: Reuters “A South Korean court on Monday rejected Qualcomm Inc’s request to suspend an order by the country’s antitrust agency to take corrective action on the way it licenses patents. In December, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) fined Qualcomm 1.03 trillion won ($912.34 million) for [...]

Published: September 1, 2017 Publisher: Lexology “On 19 May 2017 Apple issued a major claim against Qualcomm in the English Court. This is part of a widely reported global dispute between the two giants. The English action includes an Article 102 abuse of dominance claim as well as a FRAND licensing [...]

Published: August 30, 2017 Publisher: Foss Patents “The European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition--the 28-nation bloc's top antitrust agency--has been criticized on various occasions (on which it went after U.S. tech companies) that it focused more on the strategic interests of competitors of their investigation targets than on consumer harm, which is [...]

Published: August 9, 2017 Publication: IP Watchdog “On Tuesday, August 8th, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it was opening up an investigation on claims that Cupertino, CA-based consumer electronics behemoth Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is infringing upon patented technologies, specifically baseband processor modems, in its mobile electronic devices. [...]

Published: August 8, 2017 Publication: Forbes “The United States International Trade Commission said on Tuesday that it's agreed to start an investigation into Qualcomm's claims that Apple has violated its patents in devices like the iPhone 7. The federal trade agency can bar products from entering the US. In early July, [...]

Published: August 8, 2017 Publication: Lexology “Standard-essential patents (SEPs) are already today subject of many legal disputes, mainly in the area of telecommunication. Numerous companies continually try to exploit the value of its SEPs, which is artificially gained through the implementation in a standard, by requesting unfair, unreasonable or discriminatory [...]

Published: August 7, 2017 Publication: Lexology “In a second landmark decision regarding FRAND-licensing the Düsseldorf Regional Court (Landgericht Düsseldorf) on 13 July 2017 rejected Sisvel’s motion for injunctive relief brought forward against ZTE as “currently unfounded”. (docket nos. 4a O 154/15, 4a O 16/16, 4a O 27/16, 4a O 35/16). [...]