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RAND Licensing
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FTC-Google public comments round-up #2: Tech companies have their say
Yesterday we covered several public comments submitted to the FTC by various professional organizations and trade/industry associations surround the FTC-Google consent decree. Today, we're here to tackle the submissions from…
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Huawei, ZTE seek stay of InterDigital 3G/4G ITC investigation
On Friday we posted about the Answers filed by the respondents in In the Matter Certain Wireless Devices with 3G and/or 4G Capabilities and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-868) -- the…
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Microsoft-Motorola RAND case update: Microsoft accuses Motorola of violating the Google/FTC consent decree, and a potential H.264 license agreement in Germany
Even though the trial in the Microsoft-Motorola RAND dispute took place over three months ago, there's been a lot going on in Washington lately. In addition to the arguments regarding…
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Huawei/Samsung/ZTE answer InterDigital’s ITC complaint, assert FRAND-related defenses
Lately, there's been a lot of activity in InterDigital-related cases, both in district courts and the ITC. Aside from the hearing in Inv. No. 337-TA-800 (scheduled to wrap up today),…
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Microsoft-Motorola judge orders additional briefing on how Google-MPEG LA license agreement may affect RAND terms for Motorola’s H.264 patents
Last week, Judge James L. Robart briefly reopened the trial record in the Microsoft-Motorola RAND breach of contract case, in order to allow the parties to submit additional evidence regarding…
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Apple, Motorola continue fight over Federal Circuit FRAND jurisdiction: Motorola’s Reply Brief
Today, Motorola Mobility filed a reply brief in support of its efforts to dismiss Apple's Federal Circuit FRAND appeal (or at least transfer it to the 7th Circuit Court of…
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Huawei, ZTE seek expedited FRAND determinations in InterDigital 3G/4G standard-essential patent dispute
In early January, InterDigital filed a Section 337 complaint in the U.S. International Trade Commission against Huawei, Nokia, Samsung, and ZTE, accusing those companies' 3G/4G-compliant smartphones and tablets of infringing…
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InterDigital, Nokia ordered to produced FRAND-related and licensing documents in ITC case (337-TA-800)
As we noted earlier this week, the ITC is currently holding the evidentiary hearing in its investigation surrounding InterDigital's 3G standard-essential patent infringement complaint against Nokia, Huawei, and ZTE (Inv. No. 337-TA-800).…
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Samsung responds to Ericsson’s ITC complaint, accuses Ericsson of violating F/RAND obligations (337-TA-862)
We've previously covered the bilateral standard-essential patent battle brewing between Ericsson and Samsung in the U.S. International Trade Commission (as well as the Eastern District of Texas). The ITC has…
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ITC begins evidentiary hearing on InterDigital’s 3G standard-essential patent infringement complaint against Huawei, Nokia, ZTE (337-TA-800)
This morning, at the U.S. International Trade Commission, the hearing commenced in In the Matter of Certain Wireless Devices with 3G Capabilities and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-800) before presiding Administrative…