What Quanta Storage and Qualcomm mean for Taiwan's businesses.
Antitrust litigation in the US continues to focus on competitor interactions. Companies that participate in multiple levels of a supply chain must consider how...more
9/24/2020
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Civil Conspiracy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Follow-On Patent Petitions ,
FRAND ,
IP License ,
Monopolization ,
Price-Fixing ,
Qualcomm ,
Quanta ,
Sherman Act ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Supply Chain ,
Taiwan ,
Treble Damages
What a change in US criminal antitrust charging policy means for Taiwanese businesses.
In July 2019, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to encourage the implementation of...more
9/18/2019
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Best Practices ,
Bid Rigging ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Antitrust Litigation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Multinationals ,
Price-Fixing ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Taiwan ,
United States
Technology products are increasingly characterized by their ability to facilitate interconnectedness. More and more, tech innovators find themselves subject to increasing scrutiny under global competition laws when they...more
7/11/2019
/ Anti-Steering Rules ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Apple ,
Apple Inc v Pepper ,
Buyers ,
Credit Cards ,
Digital Platforms ,
Financial Harm ,
Indirect Purchasers ,
iPhone ,
Merchants ,
Ohio v American Express ,
SCOTUS ,
Sellers ,
Sherman Act ,
Standing ,
Technology Sector
The renewed interest in taking a fresh look at how antitrust can apply to tech has generated any number of "Hipster Antitrust" theories of harm. With the US Federal Trade Commission announcing a new Tech Task Force this...more
7/8/2019
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Collaboration ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Sharing ,
Innovation ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Risk Assessment ,
Section 8 ,
Technology Sector ,
The Clayton Act
On May 21, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California found that Qualcomm violated the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, in an antitrust decision significant to licensing...more
6/3/2019
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
FTC Act ,
Injunctive Relief ,
IP License ,
Licensing Rights ,
Microchip Technology ,
Monopolization ,
Motion To Stay ,
Popular ,
Qualcomm ,
Restraint of Trade ,
Sherman Act ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Technology Sector