This Wednesday, March 21, from 4pm to 5pm Eastern Time, our own David W. Long will present a free one-hour webinar hosted by the Licensing Executives Society (LES) entitled “What Does U.S. Case Law Currently Tell Us About Standard Essential
Essential Patent LLC
Essential Patent LLC is a law firm based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area specializing in complex intellectual property law, particularly in the field of standard essential patents (SEPs). The firm represents both domestic and international clients in high-technology sectors such as telecommunications, information technology, internet, software, and electronics. Essential Patent LLC provides legal services including patent litigation, licensing counsel, alternative dispute resolution, and post-grant patent proceedings. The firm operates the Essential Patent Blog, which offers analysis and updates on SEP litigation, licensing, standards, and related patent law developments, serving an audience of industry decision-makers, judiciary members, and global authorities.
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ITC rules that Fujifilm’s patents were not essential to the LTO-7 Standard (337-TA-1012 Fujifilm v. Sony)
By David Long
Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a Notice of Commission Final Determination following its review of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Shaw’s September 2017 rulings concerning, among other things, three patents alleged to be essential to the Linear Tape…
Magistrate Judge Fallon recommends dismissing competition claims against SEP holder (Godo Kaisha IP Bridge v. TCL et al)
By David Long
Magistrate Judge Fallon recently Recommended Dismissing competition law counterclaims brought by TCT Mobile (TCT) against Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (IP Bridge) and Panasonic and Judge Bataillon has now Adopted that ruling. Those counterclaims were based on alleged improper conduct…
U.S. DOJ Antitrust Head Makan Delrahim brings his message of balanced SEP competition law enforcement to Europe
By David Long
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim spoke in Brussels about maintaining a close working relationship and coordination with European Union’s Directorate General for Competition (DG Competition) in competition law…
Judge Selna will make minor changes to FRAND ruling (TCL v. Ericsson)
By David Long
Today, Judge Selna issued on Order ruling on Ericsson’s motion to alter or amend his FRAND ruling. (See our Jan. 3, 2018 post summarizing FRAND royalty ruling). Under the procedural posture of the Rule 52(b) motion for seeking modification of…
Federal Circuit confirms flexibility in determining royalty base (Exmark v. Briggs & Stratton)
By David Long
The Federal Circuit’s recent Exmark v. Briggs-Stratton decision further confirms that there is no categorical rule about selecting a royalty base when litigating a reasonable royalty in order to apportion value to the patented invention, but that “apportionment can be…
Judge Selna determines FRAND Rate and enters contract-type injunction on ETSI SEPs (TCL v. Ericsson)
By David Long
Judge James V. Selna of the Central District of California (“C.D. Cal.”) recently released the redacted, 115-page public version of his Memo of Facts and Law with his FRAND determination in the TCL v. Ericsson SEP dispute concerning 2G, 3G…
U.S. and EU competition authorities may take a more balanced approach to SEPs
By David Long
European and U.S. competition authorities may be making a course correction toward a more balanced approach to standard essential patents (“SEPs”) following contemporary enforcement activity that had favored implementers over patent holders.
Specifically, recent remarks by the new administration’s U.S.
ITC to consider ALJ’s decision and recommended exclusion order on alleged SEPs that ALJ found were not essential to the LTO-7 standard (337-TA-1012 Fujifilm v. Sony)
By David Long
The U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) recently gave Notice that it will review some parts of the September 2017 Initial Determination and Recommended Determination on remedy by administrative law judge (“ALJ”) Shaw concerning patents alleged to be essential to the …
ALJ Bullock rules that Hynix did not establish RAND defense based on alleged discriminatory licensing (Netlist v. Hynix 337-TA-1023)
By David Long
Chief Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Bullock of the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) recently issue an Initial Determination that accused infringer Hynix (respondent) had not established that patent owner Netlist (complainant) had breached a RAND commitment to JEDEC concerning computer memory…