The intersection of antitrust and technology licensing and transfer has become wildly confusing and complex. Just look at all the acronyms: FRAND, RAND, SEP, SSO, TTBER, IPR, ETSI; or look…

Hill Wellford, Apr 30, 2012 Government officials, academics, and some industry participants recently have suggested that holders of so-called “standards-essential patents” (“SEPs”), meaning patents that are technically essential to the practice…

Pierre Regibeau, Katharine Rockett, Apr 30, 2012 We were asked by DG Competition to provide an economic evaluation of the 2004 Technology Transfer Guidelines that would serve as an input…

Paul Lugard, Apr 30, 2012 Antitrust review of business transactions involving intellectual property has never been entirely undisputed. On the one hand, there is a general belief that antitrust intervention…

Lorenzo Coppi, Stefano Trento, Apr 30, 2012 The European Commission has recently launched a consultation on whether the rules governing intellectual property licensing should be revised after April 2014, when…

Donald Falk, Christopher Kelly, Apr 30, 2012 …The DOJ’s statement has caused some consternation, as it signals at the very least that the agency may be willing to use the…

Damien Geradin, Hee-Eun Kim, Apr 30, 2012 The Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (“EU”) and Korea has been provisionally in force since July 1, 2011, nearly four years…

Apr 30, 2012 The smartphone industry today is characterized by a thicket of patents and wars based on those patents. Every day brings a new lawsuit or development between Apple,…

Hein Hobbelen & Tone Oeyen, Apr 30, 2012 For some time now, the concept of fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) has been a hotly debated topic in the antitrust community.…