Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week in its antitrust enforcement action against Qualcomm, and issued an injunction that, if...more
5/31/2019
/ 5G Network ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
FTC Act ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Royalties ,
Qualcomm ,
Semiconductors ,
Sherman Act ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Telecommunications
The American Bar Association’s 65th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting held at the end of March included a number of sessions with representatives from federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies. In the first article in a...more
4/11/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Antitrust Division ,
Discovery ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act ,
Unfair Competition
In a precedent-setting opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Aerotec International, Inc. v. Honeywell International, Inc., No. 14-15562, 2016 WL 4709868 (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2016), affirmed the summary...more
9/27/2016
/ Aircraft ,
Aircraft Equipment ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Aviation Industry ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Honeywell International ,
Manufacturers ,
Price Discrimination ,
Robinson-Patman Act ,
Sherman Act
United States antitrust law seeks to encourage free and open competition by preventing exclusionary conduct that threatens the competitive process. Intellectual property rights (IPR) laws, by contrast, are designed to...more
On November 20, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. SanDisk Corp., No. 2012-1183, 2012 WL 5862779 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 20, 2012). They affirmed that direct...more