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Standard Essential Patents
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ITC Staff’s involvement in standard-essential patent issues shows Commission’s focus on FRAND
If anyone needed more evidence that the U.S. International Trade Commission is paying a lot of attention to standard-essential patents and FRAND-related issues, they received some yesterday. The Office of…
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Qualcomm sides with Motorola on FRAND/SEP issues in Apple v. Motorola Federal Circuit appeal
Earlier today we summarized the amicus brief filed by Intel in the Apple v. Motorola Federal Circuit appeal, and we noted that a number of other not-yet-publicly-available amicus briefs were…
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Intel files amicus brief supporting Apple in Federal Circuit appeal of Judge Posner decision
Back in January, we summarized a number of amicus briefs filed by a diverse group of companies and organizations concerning the issues in the Apple v. Motorola Inc. Federal Circuit…
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RANDomness
Shameless plug alert - this past Friday saw us quoted in media reports about patent litigation: The Wall Street Journal's article "ITC Clears Microsoft's Xbox in Patent Case," which discussed…
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RANDomness
A few weeks ago, we noted comments made by Renata Hesse of the DOJ that questioned whether a standard-essential patent holder who seeks an injunction on a FRAND-encumbered SEP might…
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Samsung-Ericsson standard-essential patent battle heats up as Samsung asserts additional patents in E.D. Tex.
For the last few months, Samsung and Ericsson have been engaged in a wide-ranging patent infringement skirmish, both in the Eastern District of Texas and in the U.S. International Trade…
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Wi-Fi suppliers seek to facilitate quick appeal of dismissal of RICO, unfair competition claims against Innovatio
Last month, Judge James F. Holderman dismissed various claims brought by Cisco, Motorola Solutions, and NETGEAR against Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC over Innovatio's vast licensing and litigation campaign relating to…
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Motorola tells Federal Circuit Judge Posner’s ruling would inappropriately create a “categorical rule” against standard-essential patent injunctions
Late last week, Motorola Mobility filed its Responsive and Opening Brief in Federal Circuit Appeal No. 2012-1548 (the appeal from Judge Posner's June 2012 decision to dismiss competing infringement claims…
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Delaware district court denies motion to expedite FRAND determination in InterDigital case
Last week, we posted about ALJ Robert K. Rogers' decision to deny the motion brought by Huawei, Nokia, and ZTE to stay InterDigital's latest standard-essential patent ITC case (Inv. No.…
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ITC again extends target date in Samsung-Apple case (337-TA-794), asks for additional public interest comments and party briefing
If there was any doubt about the importance of standard-essential patent issues at the ITC, we can certainly put that to rest. For the second time in a week, the…