Topic
Patent Misuse
14 published works
Chicago IP Litigation
Trading Technologies v. eSpeed: Inequitable Conduct Proceedings Update
II have not been able to fulfill my promised additional coverage of the inequitable conduct portion of the Trading Technologies v. eSpeed case, but it is not my fault.* The…
Chicago IP Litigation
Bald Statement of Patent Misuse Does Not Meet Pleading Standards
Ortho-Tain, Inc. v. Rocky Mountain Orthodontics, Inc., No. 05 C 6656, 2007 WL 1238917 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 25, 2007) (Leinenweber, J.). Judge Leinenweber granted plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f)…
Antitrust Law Blog
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECIDES LANDMARK CASE CONCERNING MISUSE OF STANDARDS SETTING PROCESS
On July 31, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission issued its long awaited decision concerning abuse of a technical standard setting process, In the Matter of Rambus, Inc., Docket No. 9302. The…
Antitrust Law Blog
Patent Misuse And Antitrust Tying Analysis – Close But Imperfect Substitutes
Federal Circuit Holds That Patent Pools Without Anticompetitive Effects Are Lawful In U.S. Philips Corp. v. International Trade Commission. On September 21, 2005, the Court of Appeals for the Federal…