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RAND Licensing
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BlackBerry files amicus brief supporting availability of SEP injunctions in Fed Circuit FRAND appeal (and also gets sued by Wi-LAN for LTE patent infringement)
In a post yesterday, we discussed Nokia's amicus brief submitted "in support of neither party" in the Apple-Motorola FRAND Federal Circuit appeal (Judge Posner edition). The amicus brief recently filed…
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Nokia amicus brief urges Federal Circuit to reverse Judge Posner’s standard-essential patent rulings
Earlier this week, both Nokia and BlackBerry (formerly Research In Motion) were both granted leave to file amicus briefs with the Federal Circuit in the Apple v. Motorola appeal of…
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An update on the InterDigital-Huawei/ZTE FRAND fight in Delaware: InterDigital’s reply in support of motion to dismiss FRAND claims
FRAND issues are being hashed out in a lot of jurisdictions right now. Microsoft and Motorola are warring in Washington state, Apple and Motorola are fighting at the Federal Circuit,…
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Infringement contentions based on industry standards sufficient to comply with N.D. Cal. local patent rules (France Telecom v. Marvell)
Many district courts around the country have specialized local rules that govern patent litigation, in order to assist the court and the parties to manage the myriad issues that come…
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RAND damages discovery dispute continues – Microsoft says Motorola’s brief is a pretext to dismiss damages claim
Late Friday, Microsoft responded to the letter brief filed by Motorola last week in the parties' RAND breach of contract case. In its responsive letter brief [LINK], Microsoft disputes Motorola's…
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European Commission sends preliminary Statement of Objections to Motorola, finding potential SEP-related antitrust violation
We generally focus on U.S.-specific standard-essential patent issues here at the Essential Patent Blog, but often there are some international developments that are worth noting. Today brings us one of…
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Which appeals court has appellate jurisdiction over the Microsoft-Motorola RAND case?
The district court in the Microsoft-Motorola RAND breach of contract case has already decided some unique issues of first impression, and will take on some more in the next phase…
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Federal Circuit denies Motorola’s motion to dismiss or transfer Apple FRAND appeal to 7th Circuit…for now
We've got an update from the Apple-Motorola Federal Circuit FRAND jurisdictional dispute. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Motorola's motion to dismiss Apple's FRAND appeal…
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Innovatio argues that WiFi Suppliers misinterpret IEEE definition of “essentiality,” scope of RAND obligations
Last week we covered the dispute between Innovatio IP Ventures and Cisco, Motorola Solutions, and NETGEAR (the "WiFi Suppliers") over the essentiality and non-essentiality of various 802.11-related patent claims asserted…
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The Patent Forest
Judge Robart’s RAND decision in the Microsoft v. Motorola case is receiving well-warranted attention, and for good reason. Of course, we here at the Essential Patent Blog find this developing…