Posts Tagged: standard essential patents
Federal Circuit Clarifies That Standard-Essentiality is a Question for the Factfinder
On August 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware …
The New U.S. Essential Patents Statement – Safeguarding the Integrity of the Patent System
In withdrawing the 2013 statement, the new 2019 guidance by the DOJ, NIST and the USPTO states the obvious, i.e. that there is no difference in the law …
USPTO, DOJ & NIST Issue Joint Policy Statement on Injunctions for Standard Essential Patents
Earlier this afternoon, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (…
Netlist Wins ITC Exclusion Order: Will the USPTO Support It?
Several weeks ago, the International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Charles Bullock issued a Notice of Initial Final Determination recommending that certain …
‘It Is a Mess’: Recapping the U.S. Patent System’s Race Toward Uncertainty
What I tried to do for this presentation is figure out in about seven or eight minutes how I could convey to you what's really going on …
Standard Essential Patents: Statistics and Solutions to the Real Party in Interest Problem
As I noted in part one of my talk at the IPWatchdog Patent Masters Symposium, the validity statistics for SEPs do not look very good at first …
Standard Essential Patents: Examining and Learning from the European Approach
Standards-declared patents have been challenged in ex parte and post-grant review for years as part of enforcement efforts and other strategies, though the volume of patents declared …
The IEEE IPR Policy Amendments: Strategic Behavior and Feedback Loops
Speaking at IPWatchdog's Patent Master's Symposium today, Professor Kristen Osenga of The University of Richmond School of Law gave attendees a glimpse of her upcoming paper examining …
Chief Judge Randall Rader: Don’t Be Seduced by the Patent Hold-Up Misnomer
In his luncheon keynote address to attendees of IPWatchdog’s Patent Master’s Symposium: “Standard Essential Patents: Striking a Balance Between Competition and Innovation” on Tuesday, former …
Searching for Answers to the Standard Essential Patent Problem
Later this year (likely in October), the United Kingdom’s highest court will hear arguments on questions arising in two disputes concerning standard essential patents (SEPs). The …
Integrity, Quality and Secure IP Rights Are Standard-Essential
The decision came down to two technologies for detecting and correcting noise in signals transmitted over the air for 5G—one of the most fundamental features for …
Long Overdue Victory for the FTC Restores Balance to Standard Essential Patents
In a June 4 op-ed to IPWatchDog, James Edwards launched a scathing attack against Judge Koh and her 233-page ruling, which found Qualcomm to have engaged in anticompetitive …
Innovator Organizations Applaud Delrahim Action on SEPs, Plead for Restoration of Injunctive Relief for Infringement
A number of organizations, including Ericsson, Nokia, Philips, Qualcomm, the Innovation Alliance and the Licensing Executives Society, have sent two separate letters to U.S. Attorney General …
District Court Denies FRAND Breach of Contract and Sherman Act Summary Judgment Motions by ASUS and InterDigital
In a decision published in redacted form on January 29, Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California denied ASUSTek Computer Inc.’s and ASUS Computer …
Dangers Lie in U.S. Government’s Conflicted Actions Toward Qualcomm, Huawei
5G, or 5th generation wireless communication, has reached the point of determining which core technologies will be used. Suddenly, decisions about which companies will be picked are …
