Posts Tagged: standard essential patents
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 …
Proxy Wars: Standard Essential Patents in IP Litigation
Join Gene Quinn, President & CEO of IPWatchdog, Inc., for a wide-ranging discussion on the issue of Standard Essential Patents, Standard Setting Organizations, Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) …
Standard Essential Patents: The Myths and Realities of Standard Implementation
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are patents that are unavoidable for the implementation of a standardized technology. They represent core, pioneering innovation that entire industries will build upon. …
Canada Patent Law Changes Are Bad News for Patent Owners
The effects of changes made to Canada’s patent law at the end of 2018 won’t be fully clear for some time, but Canadian patent owners and …
FTC v. Qualcomm: Court Requires Licensing of Standard Essential Patents to Competitors
The Qualcomm decision is unique in that it appears to be the first decision to require a SEP holder to license its patented technology to its competitors, …
Koh rules Qualcomm is Obligated to License SEPs to Competitors
Qualcomm was not refusing to abide by its agreed to promises to license SEPs as required by the SSOs, as alleged by the FTC. Instead, Qualcomm wasn't …
DOJ Antitrust Chief Raises Standard Setting Concerns
Increasingly, Delrahim's speeches are moving past where he began in his USC speech in November 2017, discussing this being the appropriate time to now have a discussion about …
Standard Essential Patents, Antitrust and Market Power
Antitrust agency communications, such as the EU Commission’s Horizontal Guidelines and the FTC/DOJ Licensing Guidelines underline that market power does not necessarily result from patent …
The New Era of Antitrust Law and Policy in Standards: Embracing Evidence Based Policy-making
On November 10, 2017, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new top antitrust enforcer, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Makan Delrahim, delivered a powerful speech on antitrust law and …
Broadcom Announces Bid Valued at $130 Billion to Buy American Semiconductor Giant Qualcomm
On Monday, November 6th, Singapore-based semiconductor designer Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) announced that it had offered a proposal to acquire San Diego, CA-based semiconductor rival Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM). …
Qualcomm files suit in China seeking to ban iPhone sales by asserting three non-SEPs
A major legal battle over patented technologies in the mobile device communication sector between San Diego, CA-based semiconductor developer Qualcomm Inc. and Cupertino, CA-based consumer tech giant …
ITC opens patent infringement investigation after Qualcomm files complaint against Apple
On Tuesday, August 8th, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it was opening up an investigation on claims that Cupertino, CA-based consumer electronics behemoth …
