Given the recent unanimous decision by a UK appellate court that Ericsson’s injunction efforts based on standard-essential patents (“SEPs”) were, essentially by their very nature, “hold-up” and “coercion” that violated...more
The recent anti-suit injunction issued against InterDigital in its SEP litigation with Xiaomi is a somewhat predictable reaction to the recent UK Supreme Court decision against Huawei and ZTE. One of the central arguments...more
10/26/2020
/ Anti-Suit Injunctions ,
China ,
Competition ,
FRAND ,
Huawei ,
IP License ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Standard Setting Organizations ,
UK Supreme Court
In a reversal that came as no surprise to many observers, on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more
8/18/2020
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Cell Phones ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
FTC Act ,
IP License ,
Monopolization ,
OEM ,
Patent Royalties ,
Qualcomm ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sherman Act ,
Standard Essential Patents
As we mentioned in December, the International Trade Commission issued a notice to review the Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination issued by Administrative Law Judge Pender in Certain Mobile Electronic...more
3/14/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Apple ,
Competition ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Initial Determination (ID) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Manufacturers ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Infringement ,
Public Interest ,
Qualcomm ,
Semiconductors
As anticipated, on December 12, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a notice to review the Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination (“FID”) issued by Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”)...more
12/17/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Apple ,
Competition ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Imports ,
Infringement ,
Initial Determination (ID) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Manufacturers ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Infringement ,
Qualcomm ,
Semiconductors