Wireless patent-licensing platform aims to drive IoT ecosystem
Published: 9/15/16
Publication: Total Telecom
“A new wireless patent-licensing platform backed by KPN, Ericsson, Qualcomm, ZTE, and InterDigital launched this week, pledging to make it much easier for IoT companies to embed cellular technology into their connected devices.
Called Avanci, it enables device makers to pay a flat rate to access – via a single licence – every standard-essential wireless patent owned by the aforementioned” – [READ MORE]
Qualcomm Follows Ericsson’s Lead in Joint Patent Licensing
Published: 9/14/16
Publication: Wall Street Journal
“Five big holders of cellular patents, including Qualcomm Inc., are joining an effort proposed by Ericsson AB to jointly license patents in an emerging field called the Internet of Things.
The patent holders announced Wednesday that they have become the initial patent contributors to Avanci, a company recently established to serve as a one-stop source to license rights to a broad set of patents covering wireless technology. The participants plan to share revenue from licensing […]
DOJ, FTC Issue Proposed Update of Antitrust-IP Guidelines
Published: 8/31/16
Publication: Lexology
“On August 12, 2016, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a proposed update of their Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property. While the agencies reinforced many of the existing propositions established in the original 1995 guidelines, there are several notable changes. First, the updated guidelines incorporate more recent Supreme Court precedent to reverse a century-held proposition that vertical resale price maintenance agreements, whether in the IP context or otherwise, are per se illegal. […]
DIPP stresses on need for indigenous innovation in mobile manufacturing sector in India
Published: 8/24/16
Publication: Knowledge & News Network
“Highlighting the need for indigenous innovation in the mobile manufacturing sector in India, Rajiv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary DIPP remarked that the DIPP consultation paper on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) has stimulated debate on various important issues in India.” – [READ MORE]
FTC And DOJ Antitrust Division Request Comments On Proposed Revisions To Antitrust Guidelines For Licensing IP
Published: 8/24/16
Publication: IP Frontline
“After several turbulent years of litigation and policy wrangling, many have asked whether the federal antitrust agencies should rewrite their two-decade old Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property (“Guidelines”). Should they provide clearer guidance regarding thorny questions about licensing standard essential patents (SEPs), patent assertion entities (PAEs), reverse payment settlements, or other matters that have prompted new guidelines from other enforcers around the world? On August 12, the Federal Trade Commission and […]
Proposed changes to the US Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property – a transatlantic perspective
Published: 8/22/16
Publication: The CLIP Board
“Just over a week ago, the US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division published a proposed update to the current US Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property (the IP Licensing Guidelines). Issued in 1995, the IP Licensing Guidelines are the US equivalent of the European Commission’s Technology Transfer Guidelines, and set out the US agencies’ antitrust enforcement policy on the licensing of patents, copyright, trade secrets and […]