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Upcoming IPO webinar on standard-essential patents and FTC-Google consent decree features Dow Lohnes’s David Long
On March 5, 2013 at 2:00pm, the Intellectual Property Owners Association is holding a webinar to discuss the potential implications that the FTC-Google consent decree may have on the world…
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Motorola, Apple dispute relevance of recent Supreme Court case to FRAND jurisdictional dispute
A quick update for those interested in the Apple-Motorola Federal Circuit FRAND appeal: Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Gunn v. Minton, where the Court determined…
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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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ITC institutes investigation into Acacia subsidiary Adaptix’s 4G-essential complaint against Ericsson (337-TA-871)
Yesterday the U.S. International Trade Commission announced that it has instituted a Section 337 investigation titled Certain Wireless Communications Base Stations and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-871. This investigation is…
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More than 25 entities submit comments on proposed FTC-Google/Motorola consent decree
This past Friday (Feb. 22) was the deadline for the public to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission on the FTC's consent decree that it entered into last month with…
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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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RANDomness – Patent day at the Supreme Court
Yesterday was quite the day for patent-related issues at the Supreme Court. The Court held oral arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto, where the justices are tasked with deciding whether the…