Published: 5/12/16Publication: IAMAs the first major standards essential patent (SEP) disputes wend their way through India's court system, a ruling by the High Court of Delhi has made clear that this may well be the next jurisdiction where competition authorities will have their say as to what constitutes anti-competitive behaviour [...]

Published: 5/12/16Publication: LexologyA couple of weeks ago the Commission has published a Communication to a whole host of other EU institutions (including the Parliament and the Council as well as the ECSC and the Committee of the Regions), setting out its Information Communication Technology (ICT) standardization priorities [READ MORE]Read More

Published: 5/11/16Publication: Out-LawUnwired Planet has sued Huawei and Samsung over alleged infringement of standard-essential patents it acquired from Ericsson. However, it has faced counterclaims from Huawei and Samsung that it has breached EU competition laws by not seeking to licence those patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, something [...]

Published: 5/11/15Publication: FOSS PatentsOn Friday, Ericsson announced the filing of " suits in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands against Apple's products" because negotiations in a global patent license have not resulted in a deal in more than two years but Apple "continues to sell products, for which its [...]

Published: 5/8/17Publication: IPKat"With the French elections preoccupying Europe, readers may have understandably forgotten about Monday's deadline to respond to the incredibly short-lived Commission consultation on the roadmap for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in Europe.  An industry group who did not forget, ACT | The App Association, wrote to the IPKat [...]

Published: 5/8/15Publication: ZDNetCommunications company Ericsson has opened a new legal front in its ongoing lawsuits with Apple. Ericsson has filed lawsuits against Apple in Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands, alleging that the iPhone maker is violating patents it holds related to wireless communications technology. The lawsuits, which were filed [...]

Published: 5/6/16Publication: IAMRichard Lloyd of IAM: "In some ways not much has changed since the IEEE Standard Association’s (IEEE SA) new patent policy came into effect in March last year. There remains a group of tech companies led by Qualcomm, Ericsson and Nokia who refuse to license their standard essential patents (SEPs) [...]

Published: 5/5/17Publication: ET Telecom“The next Generation Mobile Networking technology popularly known as 5G (5th Generation New Radio (5G) is expected to provide more bandwidth with speed in gigabits while allowing easier connectivity in wireless networking and likely to be commercially available by 2020. The 5G technology is expected to be [...]

Published: 5/5/15Publication: ZDNetSouth Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has internally deemed Qualcomm's patent licensing practices for smartphone-making clients and chip competitors to be an abuse of standard essential patents (SEP), an abuse of its dominant position, and against fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, people with knowledge of the matter [...]

Published: 5/4/17Publication: Law360"America fashions itself as a cradle of innovation. We encourage entrepreneurs and try to provide robust intellectual property protection to encourage inventions and innovations. American inventions and inventors impact the world over, however. Indeed, we live in an interconnected world. Our devices are connected." -- [READ MORE]Read More