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Standard Essential Patents
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Judge Gilstrap rules Ericsson’s licensing offers were FRAND-compliant (HTC v. Ericsson)
By David Long
Last week, Judge Gilstrap ruled that Ericsson's end-product-based "offers to HTC--$2.50 or 1% with a $1 floor and a $4 cap per 4G device--were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory." Judge Gilstrap…
Essential Patent Blog
Judge Koh rules that Qualcomm violated FTC Act (FTC v. Qualcomm)
By David Long
Yesterday, Judge Koh of the U.S. District Court Northern District of California entered a Judgment following the January 2019 trial based on her Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law…
Essential Patent Blog
FTC Staff throws shade on DOJ Statement of Interest (FTC v. Qualcomm)
By David Long
Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Staff filed a response that attacks the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Statement of Interest in the FTC v. Qualcomm case. (See…
Essential Patent Blog
U.S. Dept. of Justice poised to provide leadership in FTC v. Qualcomm case
By David Long
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Statement of Interest of the United States of America in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm about standard essential…
Patents Post-Grant
Standard Essential Patent Licensing Demystified
By Scott McKeown, Scott McKeown Wolf Greenfield
PatentsPostGrant.com April Webinar There is no consensus amongst the courts and commentators as to how SEPs should be valued. This has led to an increasingly complex legal thicket as patented…
Antitrust Alert
Federal Jury Finds that Ericsson’s Licensing Offer to HTC is FRAND
By Stefan M. Meisner, Anthony S. Ferrara, Lisa A. Peterson
On February 15, a Texas federal jury found that Ericsson did not breach its obligation to offer HTC licenses to its standard-essential patents (SEPs) on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND)…
Antitrust Alert
District Court: IPR Policy Does Not Automatically Require License Fees Based on Components
By Stefan M. Meisner, Lisa A. Peterson, Anthony S. Ferrara
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that for the purposes of honoring a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitment, a pool member is not required…
Italy Intellectual Property Blog
New Guidance on FRAND Licensing for 5G SEPs Open for Consultation
In the aftermath of the publication of the Commission’s Communication on standard essential patents (SEPs), two rival workshops were established within the framework of the European Standards Organizations CEN and…
Patents Post-Grant
Dealing with SEP Demands & Royalty Stacking
By Scott McKeown, Scott McKeown Wolf Greenfield
Seeking More Granularity on Patent Pools? Patent pools and groupings of standard essential patents (SEPs) facilitate one-stop shopping of patent licensees. When operated fairly, these arrangements can provide meaningful efficiencies to licensors and…
Antitrust Alert
THE LATEST: AAG Delrahim Withdraws Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary FRAND Commitments, Elaborates Views on SSOs
In a December 7 speech before the Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute, the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim (AAG Delrahim) announced that the…