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Standard Essential Patents
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The DOJ and USPTO released a joint policy statement on January 8 regarding remedies for infringement of FRAND-encumbered SEPs, taking the position that injunctive relief is generally inappropriate for these patents.…
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Motorola drops remaining SEPs from Microsoft Xbox ITC action
In a not-so-surprising development in light of the FTC-Google/Motorola settlement announced last week, Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility asked the ITC yesterday to drop its two remaining standard-essential patents from its Xbox…
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Catching up on . . . the Samsung-Apple ITC action (Inv. No. 337-TA-794)
Because so many SEP-related issues have arisen over the past year, we will periodically revisit some of the more important episodes with a brief post. Next month, the U.S. International…
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Catching up on … Apple v. Motorola Mobility (W.D. Wis.)
Late last week, Apple Inc. filed a notice of appeal with the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, announcing its intent to appeal to the Federal…
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Steelhead Licensing LLC files suit claiming wireless equipment makers and cellular carriers infringe cellular-essential patent
On Friday, January 4, 2013, a non-practicing entity named Steelhead Licensing LLC filed a litany of SEP-related lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against…
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A dissenting voice from the FTC/Google consent agreement
Lost in the all of the publicity surrounding the FTC's consent decree that ended its investigation of Google and Motorola Mobility yesterday is the fact that while the FTC's decision…
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Google agrees to forego seeking injunctive relief for SEP infringement as part of FTC settlement
In a press conference that took place at 1pm Eastern time today, the United States Federal Trade Commission announced that it has entered into a consent decree with Google in…
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Interdigital Files Complaint with ITC alleging 3G, 4G Patent Infringement
InterDigital, Inc. is a patent licensing entity that claims to have a stash of standard-essential patents. The company hasn't shied away from litigation either: For example, it has a hearing next…
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Catching up on … Apple v. Motorola (N.D. Ill./Fed. Cir.)
Because so many SEP-related issues have arisen over the past year, we will periodically revisit some of the more important episodes with a brief post. Judge Richard Posner’s June 22, 2012…
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Injunctive Relief Precluded for Motorola’s SEP Infringement Claims
On November 29, Judge James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued an order granting Microsoft's motion for partial summary judgment and dismissing…