Published: June 23, 2017 Publication: Forbes “This week, the newly created White House American Technology Council convened a series of policy discussions on the emerging Internet of Things (IoT), something I have discussed here in the past. The news is a welcome and timely development, given the breakneck speed at which IoT technologies are progressing – [...]

Published: June 20, 2017 Publication: FOSS Patents “The wireless industry's economically biggest lawsuit--Apple v. Qualcomm in the Southern District of California--just got a whole lot bigger. Contrary to popular misbelief, it was never about "only" $1 billion but always had implications and ramifications to the tune of many billions. There is no [...]

Published: June 20, 2017 Publication: FierceWireless “Apple added more allegations to its complaint against Qualcomm, escalating a massive battle over patent royalties that began in January. The iPhone vendor earlier this year filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Qualcomm, contending the chipmaker insists on onerous royalties for its technologies and demands payments [...]

Published: June 19, 2017 Publication: TrustinIP “On April 5, 2017 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (Hon. Justice Birss) issued its long awaited judgment in the patent dispute between Unwired Planet and Huawei. The ruling is of high relevance, as it is the first decision adopted by a judge [...]

Published: June 16, 2016 Publication: Lexology “We recently reported on a decision of the High Court in the ongoing Unwired Planet v Huawei litigation, in which Birss J offered guidance on what constitutes a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licence. In a follow-up decision, the court has now defined a new type [...]

Published: June 13, 2017 Publication: WIPR “Huawei has been hit with a new form of injunction by the English High Court after failing to accept a licence that the court had found to be fair and reasonable. In April, WIPR reported that the court had backed licensing company Unwired Planet in its [...]

Published: June 13, 2017 Publication: IPPro “The European Commission has launched an investigation into Qualcomm's proposed $47 billion acquisition of semiconductor rival NXP. The investigation was instituted under the EU Merger Regulation over concerns that the deal could lead to higher prices, less choice and reduced innovation in the semiconductor industry.” Read [...]

Published: June 12, 2017 Publication: ComputerWorld “It’s not every day that the government and the tech industry agree on intellectual property policy, but both interests are united in their opposition to San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc.’s abusive patent-licensing practices. Hoping to escape impending and much-needed scrutiny, Qualcomm has asked the U.S. District Court [...]

Published: June 12, 2017 Publication: FOSS Patents More than five years ago, Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility was delayed significantly by merger reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and U.S. regulatory approval was subject to certain promises related to patent enforcement. At the time, Motorola Mobility (the acquisition target) was aggressively [...]

Published: June 12, 2017 Publication: IAM “Back in April in the High Court in London, Justice Colin Birss issued the UK’s first-ever FRAND/SEP-related decision in the Unwired Planet v Huawei case. The detailed reasoning that Birss provided in his judgment, as well as the FRAND rates that he set out and his [...]