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No FRANDS in Antitrust? Qualcomm's Rejection of FRAND Violations as a Predicate to an Antitrust Violation

Haug Partners LLP on 10/6/2020

In the world of technology, Standard Setting Organizations (“SSOs”) play a crucial role in helping to facilitate innovation. They do so by creating industry standards that ensure quality and promote and enable the development...more

Ninth Circuit Overturns FTC-Requested Injunction Against Refusal To License Standard Essential Patents

K&L Gates LLP on 9/25/2020

In a decision that is potentially important for licensors as well as licensees of standard essential patents (SEPs), a panel of the Ninth Circuit has vacated an injunction that the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

No License, No Chips: Qualcomm’s Controversial Licensing Strategy Is Not an Antitrust Violation

Sunstein LLP on 9/3/2020

Qualcomm has for years dominated the market for cellphone chips. Its patented technologies have been included in many cellphone standards on the condition, common among standards setting organizations (SSOs), that Qualcomm...more

Ninth Circuit Reverses Trial Court’s Finding That Qualcomm Violated Antitrust Laws

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/17/2020

The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s ruling that Qualcomm violated the Sherman Antitrust Act through its licensing and sales practices related to cellular microchips, resulting in a defeat to the Federal Trade...more

Ninth Circuit Reverses Northern District of California Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Inc., No. 19-16122

Haug Partners LLP on 8/17/2020

On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, the Ninth Circuit reversed and vacated Judge Lucy Koh’s controversial, post-bench trial decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Inc., 411 F. Supp. 3d 658 (N.D. Cal. 2019), regarding whether Qualcomm violated...more

No License, No Chips, No Problem: Ninth Circuit Delivers Qualcomm a Win in Antitrust Case Brought by the US Federal Trade...

Goodwin on 8/12/2020

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

Financial Daily Dose 8.10.2020 | Top Story: Twitter Enters Fray in Pursuit of TikTok

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/11/2020

With “Twit-tok” trending this weekend, you should be unsurprised to learn that Twitter has joined the group of suitors for TikTok, revealing that it’s held preliminary talks with the video-sharing app about a possible combo. ...more

Financial Daily Dose 1.7.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Ban of “Deepfakes”

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/7/2020

Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more

EU Commission Hits Qualcomm with Fine of EUR 242 million for Predatory Pricing

BCLP on 7/24/2019

For a second time in 18 months the EU Commission has slapped a large antitrust fine on Qualcomm, the world’s largest chip manufacturer. On 18 July 2019, the European Commission announced that it has imposed a fine of EUR 242...more

Qualcomm Loss Raises Risks for Substantial Market Participants' IP Licensing Decisions and Ability to Provide Loyalty Discounts

Troutman Pepper on 6/7/2019

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) convinced a California federal district court not only that Qualcomm’s longstanding intellectual property licensing practices and volume-based discounts violated the antitrust laws, but...more

Score This One in Favor of Standard-Essential Patent Owners: Recent Decision Makes Satisfying FRAND Obligations Easier

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 6/6/2019

A recent decision in the Eastern District of Texas should provide standard-essential patent (“SEP”) owners with more clarity and optimism when negotiating SEP licenses. Coming on the heels of Judge Koh’s decision in the FTC’s...more

FTC v. Qualcomm

White & Case LLP on 6/3/2019

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

Another Shoe Drops in the Qualcomm Patent Licensing Saga

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 5/28/2019

Just when observers thought Qualcomm could celebrate its successful litigation with Apple another decision has come down which could have major implications for Qualcomm’s business going forward. In much-anticipated 233-page...more

Whistling in the Wind? DOJ’s Unusual Statement of Interest in FTC v. Qualcomm Case Highlights Disparity Between U.S. Antitrust...

Orrick - Antitrust Watch on 5/15/2019

In a highly unusual move, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) recently filed a statement of interest in the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s unfair competition case against Qualcomm....more

Peak performance: US M&A in 2018: Confidence, cash and tax cuts: The US M&A landscape in 2018

White & Case LLP on 2/7/2019

The US M&A market delivered another year of strong performance in 2018. Though deal volume dipped 2 percent year-on-year to 5,682 deals, deal value was up by 15 percent over the period, to US$1.5 trillion - A number of...more

Analysis of Executive Order Prohibiting Broadcom’s Acquisition of Qualcomm

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/20/2018

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order blocking Broadcom Limited’s acquisition of chipmaker Qualcomm, Inc. (the Order) is the latest in a series of significant actions and statements regarding the national security...more

President Blocks Hostile Takeover of Qualcomm Upon Recommendation from CFIUS

BCLP on 3/14/2018

On March 12, 2018, President Trump issued an Executive Order blocking the proposed $117 billion hostile takeover of Qualcomm Incorporated by Broadcom Limited following a recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment...more

New Lawsuits Challenge Qualcomm’s Allegedly Anticompetitive Patent Practices

Perkins Coie on 1/25/2017

The Federal Trade Commission filed suit last week in federal court against Qualcomm, Inc., following its investigation launched in September 2014. The FTC alleges that the semiconductor manufacturer illegally maintained a...more

Shearman & Sterling’s Recent Trends and Patterns in the Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)/FCPA Digest -...

A&O Shearman on 1/4/2017

Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns in FCPA Enforcement report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK and elsewhere, as well as helpful guidance on emerging best...more

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