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Standard Essential Patents
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Huawei, ZTE tell Delaware court that their FRAND claims against InterDigital should not be dismissed
While InterDigital continues to press its claims of 3G- and 4G-essential patent infringement in the International Trade Commission against Huawei, Nokia, Samsung, and ZTE (Inv. No. 337-TA-868), the companies have…
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Apple asks Federal Circuit to affirm Judge Posner’s denial of injunctive relief and damages for Motorola FRAND-pledged standard-essential patents
Much of the activity and attention in the standard-essential patent world over the last few days has been focused on Judge James L. Robart's groundbreaking decision in the Microsoft-Motorola RAND…
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Microsoft-Motorola follow-up: A look at Judge Robart’s modified Georgia-Pacific RAND methodology
As we noted yesterday, Judge James L. Robart's groundbreaking opinion in the Microsoft v. Motorola breach of contract case was the first to set RAND licensing terms for a standard-essential…
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Microsoft-Motorola Update: Washington court sets RAND royalty for Motorola 802.11 and H.264 patent portfolios
Today, Judge James L. Robart issued the non-confidential version of his Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., No. 10-cv-1823 (W.D. Wash.). This marks…
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Innovatio, WiFi suppliers clash over over “essentiality” of Innovatio 802.11 patents
An issue that often comes up in standard-essential patent litigation is "essentiality" -- whether the asserted claims are actually necessary to practice the technological standard that forms the basis of…
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InterDigital seeks dismissal of Nokia’s FRAND counterclaims
Earlier this month we covered InterDigital's efforts to dismiss Huawei and ZTE's FRAND counterclaims, which were asserted against InterDigital in litigations in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. Yesterday, InterDigital…
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Washington court sets RAND terms for Motorola’s standard-essential patents (but the public will have to wait a week to see them)
Big news today in the Microsoft-Motorola RAND breach of contract dispute taking place before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. After the November 2012 bench trial and significant…
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Public comments on FTC/DOJ Patent Assertion Entity Workshop include worries that PAEs may “game the system” of standard-setting and RAND licensing
Back in December 2012, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice held a joint workshop to explore the impact that patent assertion entities (PAEs -- or non-practicing entities/NPEs)…
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Public interest briefing wraps up in Samsung-Apple ITC battle (337-TA-794) — parties now play the waiting game on exclusion orders and SEPs
For those of you unfamiliar with the pace of litigation at the U.S. International Trade Commission, it is fast. Just several days ago, we were writing about the comments on…
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RANDomness
A couple weeks back, we noted a bid by Cisco, Motorola Solutions, and NETGEAR to expedite an appeal of their unsuccessful unfair competition claims against non-practicing entity Innovatio IP Ventures LLC.…