The Seventh Circuit issued this week a long-awaited opinion in the HUMIRA antitrust litigation, UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund v. AbbVie Inc., Case No. 20-2402. The appeal is from the Northern District of Illinois’s...more
In a much anticipated opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a California district court decision holding that Qualcomm violated U.S. antitrust laws in its licensing of standard-essential patents in...more
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Background – the HSR Act:
Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act), acquisitions of voting securities, assets and other commercial interests which exceed certain monetary thresholds...more
The FTC has expanded the types of exclusive patent transfers that may be reportable under the HSR Act. Effective December 16, 2013, the FTC will consider patent transfers to be exclusive and potentially subject to the HSR Act...more