Volatility Threatens Smartphone Innovation
Published: December 4, 2017
Publisher: Huffington Post
“Last month the iPhone X, a $999-$1149.99 smartphone commemorating 10 years of the iPhone became available; and while 5G technology is on the horizon it isn’t quite ready for Apple’s newest products. The conventional understanding is that 5G will roll out by 2019, but one big mobile companies’ adversarial relationship with the rest of the industry could threaten this emergence.
Earlier this year Apple sued Qualcomm alleging they had been overcharged for access to Qualcomm’s […]
EU Commission sets middle course for SEP licensing in Europe
Published: November 29, 2017
Publisher: IPKat
“Today the EU Commission published their much-awaited and debated communication on standard essential patent (SEP) licensing. The document entitled “Setting out the EU approach to Standard Essential Patents” contains 14 pages of key principles aimed at fostering a “balanced, smooth and predictable framework for SEPs”. The key principles reflect two stated objectives: (1) incentivising the development and inclusion of technologies in standards by providing fair/adequate return and (2) ensuring fair access to standardized technologies to promote wide […]
Final Commission communication on SEP licensing brings relief to Europe’s originators
Published: November 29, 2017
Publisher: IAM
“The European Commission’s long-awaited Communication on the licensing of standards essential patents was finally published this morning and, on an initial read, it looks like SEP owners have a fair amount to be pleased about – especially given how things were looking a couple of weeks back, when it seemed as if extensive lobbying from the implementer side was about to bear fruit. A subsequent delay in agreeing the final text of the Communication provided […]
Seoul’s highest court rejects Qualcomm’s call for suspension of corrective measure
Published: November 28, 2017
Publisher: Yonhap
“South Korea’s highest court has rejected U.S. mobile phone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.’s call to suspend the implementation of corrective measures taken by the country’s anti-trust watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission said Tuesday.
In December last year, the FTC slapped Qualcomm with a record fine of 1.03 trillion won (US$951 million) for abusing its dominant position in the mobile communications market and ordered it not to sign unfavorable terms with customers.”
Seoul’s highest court rejects Qualcomm’s call for suspension of corrective measure
Yonhap News Agency
By Staff
November 28, 2017
“South Korea’s highest court has rejected U.S. mobile phone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc.’s call to suspend the implementation of corrective measures taken by the country’s anti-trust watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission said Tuesday.
In December last year, the FTC slapped Qualcomm with a record fine of 1.03 trillion won (US$951 million) for abusing its dominant position in the mobile communications market and ordered it not to sign unfavorable terms with customers.” — […]
SEP licensing and competition law: DOJ and European Commission bless a new “patent-friendly” approach
Published: November 27, 2017
Publisher: Trust in IP
“Recently, the debate on the applicability of competition law to the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs) has come to a turning point. Indeed, both the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission are making an attempt to provide a final answer to the following questions:
1) should the conduct of SEP-holders be subject to the application of competition law?
2) should standard-setting organisations (SSO) provide guidance on the meaning of “fair, reasonable and […]