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 the proper role antitrust...
View ArticleRejection of proposal did not obviate requirement to disclose inventions to...
The Federal Circuit, however, found the district court’s enforceability finding to be unsupported by evidence. The rejection of Nokia’s proposal did not obviate Nokia’s requirement to disclose...
View ArticleKoh 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 interested in licensing competing chip makers who...
View ArticleStandard 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...
View ArticleIntegrity, 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 wireless communications. Scientists and...
View ArticleSearching 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 UK Supreme Court has...
View ArticleThe 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 problems with the...
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