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Standard Essential Patents
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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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Catching up on…Lotes v. Foxconn RAND/antitrust dispute over USB 3.0 standard-essential patents
It's no surprise that most of the attention being paid to standard-essential patent issues is focused on the companies involved in the "smartphone wars" -- Motorola, Microsoft, Apple. Samsung, etc.…
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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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The Joint DOJ and PTO Perspective on Standards-Essential Patents as Compared to that of the FTC
On January 8, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”) (collectively, “the Agencies”) issued a joint policy statement regarding remedies for…
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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…
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Antitrust Deputy Assistant AG’s speech may foreshadow increased DOJ enforcement activities relating to standard-essential patents
It's no secret that government agencies in the United States and abroad are paying more attention to standard-essential patent issues. More evidence of this trend came this past Friday, when…
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Apple: Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction over Apple-Motorola FRAND/antitrust appeal
Yesterday Apple filed its opposition to Motorola's motion to dismiss or transfer for lack of jurisdiction in Federal Circuit appeal No. 2013-1150. This is Apple's appeal of Judge Crabb's dismissal…
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Microsoft-Motorola (W.D. Wash.) update: Court invalidates several claims of Motorola H.264-essential patents
In an order issued yesterday by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (that just hit the docket this afternoon), Judge James L. Robart granted Microsoft's long-pending…