Published: March 5, 2018 Publisher: World Intellectual Property Review More than 50 European signatories have joined an initiative to produce an industry-wide opinion on the best licensing practices for standard-essential patents (SEPs). Read More.
Published: February 20, 2018 Publisher: City A.M. The integration of connectivity into vehicles is disrupting the automotive industry. This disruption may lead to a five letter acronym (FRAND - Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) having a major impact on how both the automotive and mobile telecoms industries have traditionally done business. [...]
Published: February 7, 2018 Publisher: Bloomberg Law The Internet of Things, or IoT, has the characteristics to become the next patent war zone as new standards are adopted and the convergence of disparate technologies leads to new disputes. This convergence of technologies will likely result in an increase in litigation [...]
Published: February 6, 2018 Publisher: World IP Review Samsung Electronics has asked a US court to prevent the enforcement of a Chinese injunction, issued last month, which ordered the company to cease making and selling products that infringe two of competitor Huawei Technologies’ patents. Read more.
Published: January 26, 2018 Publisher: IAM The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust division has placed standards setting organisations (SSO) firmly in its crosshairs. In a series of comments at an antitrust event held by the Heritage Foundation earlier this week in Washington DC, Andrew Finch, principal deputy assistant attorney general [...]
Published: January 25, 2018 Publisher: Law 360 Apple, Microsoft and other leading technology companies raised concerns to the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division on Wednesday over a possible shift in its enforcement focus away from standard-essential patent holders and onto licensees. Read more.
Published: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Law.com U.S. District Judge James Selna of the Central District of California has concluded a mammoth trial over FRAND royalties by more than halving the rates Swedish telecom Ericsson was seeking from China’s TCL Communication, the world’s seventh largest smartphone maker. Read more.
Published: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Lexology In Nov. 29, 2017, the European Commission published its long-awaited guidance (found here) on litigating and licensing standard-essential patents (SEPs). The commission is charged with enforcing the European Union’s competition laws. The communication is part of broader efforts in the EU to bolster European intellectual [...]
Published: December 13, 2017 Publisher: Bloomberg BNA “The International Trade Commission said it would partially review an initial ruling that Sony Corp. infringed two Fujifilm Corp. magnetic tape patents, opening the door for the agency to provide guidance on enforcing patents essential to widely used technology standards. An ITC administrative law [...]
Published: December 12, 2017 Publisher: FOSS Patents “Given that I'm working hard on my personal "Flexit," I'm the exact opposite of your average "EU über alles" kind of claquEUr. But when the EU does something right, I'll acknowledge it. The "Communication from the [EU] Commission to the [EU] Institutions on Setting [...]