FTC’s Lawsuit Against Qualcomm: There’s Something To See Here
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 prove before an American court whether Qualcomm is bilking American companies and consumers as has been charged.”
ITC Issues First Exclusion Order On SEPs And Upcoming Opinion Expected To Provide Important Guidance On FRAND And SEPs
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 patentee Fujifilm against Sony and recommended that an exclusion order be issued. This is important because it is the first time the ITC has issued an exclusion order on […]
Korean court denies Qualcomm’s motion to stay execution of KFTC antitrust ruling
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 standard-essential patents (SEPs) on FRAND terms to other chipset makers is one of the various concerns the Korean competition authority has.”
South Korean court rejects Qualcomm’s request to suspend antitrust body’s order
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 what it called unfair business practices in patent licensing and modem chip sales.
The regulator also ordered the U.S. firm to negotiate in good faith with rival chipmakers on patent licensing, […]
Apple’s battle with Qualcomm spreads to the UK
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 claim and was issued just a month after the English Court’s first FRAND valuation in Unwired Planet v Huawei (Bristows’ blog post here and here). The particulars of the […]
EU investigations of Qualcomm have come out of hibernation this summer: will anything noteworthy happen?
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 the central and paramount aspect of U.S. antitrust law. And more than once it has been alleged or insinuated that draconian fines or a certain order to collect taxes […]