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Patent Licensing
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Lewis Roca Blog
Don't Feed the Patent Trolls
Not all patent owners exploit their patents by making and selling products. Rather, some monetize their patents through licensing in which case the entities are referred to as “Non-Practicing Entities”…
IP Intelligence
Landmark UK Supreme Court Decision Grants UK Courts Power to Set the Global Royalty Rate for Standard Essential Patents
On Aug. 26, 2020, the United Kingdom Supreme Court issued a decision in Unwired Planet International Ltd & Anor v Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd & Anor [2020] UKSC 37…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Unwired Planet International Ltd and another v Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd and another
2020, the UK Supreme Court issued its judgment in a standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute between Huawei and Unwired Planet (see full alert memorandum). Unwired Planet is a patent assertion entity…
The “Big Thoughts/Quick Reads” Antitrust Blog
FRAND and Efficient Infringement
For more than a decade, public policymakers, competition agencies, courts, and government authorities around the world have been developing an increasingly detailed set of rules governing and defining fair, reasonable,…
Essential Patent Blog
DOJ issues business review letter on Avanci SEP Pool licensing
By David Long
Last week, on July 28, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division issued a press release and business review letter (BRL) based on Avanci's request for a BRL on…
IP Intelligence
The Potential Patent Risks Associated with COVID-19 Collaborations
As researchers at universities and pharmaceutical companies rush to find treatments for COVID-19, new potential patent risks arise. While owners of existing patents that may be useful for COVID-19 treatments…
The Traklight Blog
USPTO Creates Patent Database to Aid COVID-19 Licensing
By Mike Willee
It's become so easy to expect the worst in the current crisis that it can be surprising when you see positive stories appear in the news, even if they're at…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
COVID-19 Web-Based IP Platform to Facilitate Connections
On May 4, the USPTO made available a new web-based intellectual property (IP) platform, Patents 4 Partnerships, to provide the public with a user-friendly, searchable repository of patents and published…
Essential Patent Blog
Lenovo, Motorola file antitrust claims against InterDigital’s standards setting participation and patent licensing practice (Lenovo v. InterDigital)
By David Long
On April 9, 2020, Lenovo and Motorola Mobility filed a Complaint against InterDigital in the District of Delaware alleging InterDigital violated U.S. antitrust law and contractual FRAND commitments by its standard setting participation and licensing practices related to 3G and…
Litigation Finance Journal
RPX Corporation Announces Licensing Transaction with Excalibur IP
By John Freund
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — RPX Corporation today announced that it has secured license rights to Excalibur IP’s patent portfolio for a syndicate made up of a subset of the RPX membership,…