EU policy makers consider FRAND licensing of machine-generated data
Published: 1/13/17
Publication: The Register
EU policy makers are considering introducing a new licensing regime for anonymised “machine-generated data”.
It is one of the options the European Commission said could be introduced to facilitate greater access to the ever-growing volumes of data generated by “computer processes, applications or services, or by sensors processing information received from equipment, software or machinery, whether virtual or real”. — [READ MORE]
ACT Statement on KFTC’s Qualcomm Fine
Published: 12/30/16
Publication: ACT | The App Association
The following statement has been issued by ACT | The App Association in response to the Korea Fair Trade Commission issuing a 1.03 trillion won ($853 million) fine on Qualcomm Inc. for violating antitrust laws:
“The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has, after an extensive investigation, decided to significantly fine, and impose a corrective order on, Qualcomm Incorporated for systematically violating the commitments the company made to license its standards essential patents under fair, […]
U.S. tech companies welcome Korean antitrust ruling against Qualcomm over FRAND abuse
Published: 12/29/16
Publication: FOSS Patents
South Korea’s competition watchdog, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), has just imposed a $853 million fine on Qualcomm for “monpolistic” practices involving its patent dealings. In particular, the antitrust agency stated that Qualcomm “has violated its agreement to license patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.”
Qualcomm can and will appeal this decision, but the mobile device industry at large is keeping its fingers crossed that Korea’s top court will affirm the KFTC ruling. […]
Qualcomm Fined $853 Million by South Korean Antitrust Agency
Published: 12/27/16
Publication: Bloomberg
“South Korea’s antitrust regulator slapped a record 1.03 trillion won ($853 million) fine on Qualcomm Inc. for violating antitrust laws, the latest in a string of government actions that threaten the U.S. chipmaker’s most profitable business.
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday that the company licensed its key patents only to mobile-phone makers and didn’t properly negotiate the terms of its licenses. The agency also said Qualcomm coerced its customers into signing patent license […]
Court denies Apple’s equitable defense that was premised on failure to disclose patent applications to a standards body
Published: 12/23/16
Publication: Essential Patent Blog
“Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins recently denied Apple’s equitable defense that sought to hold a Core Wireless standard essential patent unenforceable because the prior patent owner Nokia allegedly failed to timely disclose to the ETSI standards body a pending patent application. Judge Cousins also entered Final Judgment based on the jury’s recent verdict that awarded a $7.3 million lump sum reasonable royalty for Apple’s infringement of two SEPs (see our Dec. 15, 2016 […]
Apple Steps Up Its War on Patent Trolls, Alleges Conspiracy With Nokia
Published: 12/21/16
Publication: The Street
“Apple Inc. has filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against patent lawsuit machines Acacia Research Corp., and Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., accusing them of colluding with Nokia Corp. “to extract and extort exorbitant revenues” from Apple and other cellphone makers.
Apple accuses Acacia and the other companies of evading their obligation to license patents that have been incorporated into cellphone industry standards on fair and reasonable terms.” – [READ MORE]