Tag: Patent
A Simple Solution to the Problem of ‘Product Hopping’
By Michael A. Carrier (Rutgers Law School)
Brand-name drug companies frequently switch from one version of a drug to another. Sometimes, the switch is made...
Google Wins Patent Trial In Texas
Google’s Nest Hub doesn’t infringe a patent owned by Profectus Technology for a digital picture frame, a federal jury in Waco, Texas, found. The...
Why Patent Monopsonies Increase Consumer Welfare
By Bernard Chao & Tod Duncan (University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
Technical standards are an essential part of how the modern world operates....
Takeda Loses Antitrust Appeal Over Patent Listing
Takeda Pharmaceutical must face antitrust litigation over its alleged scheme to delay generic versions of the diabetes drug Actos by exaggerating the scope of...
Intel Fails To Overturn $2.18B Patent Verdict
A US judge has rejected Intel's request to set aside a jury verdict ordering the chipmaker to pay VLSI Technology US$2.18 billion for patent...
Apple Wins Court Ruling On $308.5M Patent Suit
Apple persuaded a federal judge to throw out a US$308.5 million jury verdict it lost to a privately-held licensing firm for infringing a patent...
Patents and Price Fixing by Serial Colluders
By William E. Kovacic (George Washington University), Robert C. Marshall (Pennsylvania State University) & Michael J. Meurer (Boston University)
Antitrust law has long been mindful...
Intel Loses Patent Trial, Must Pay $2.18B
Intel was told to pay VLSI Technology US$2.18 billion by a federal jury in Texas after losing a patent-infringement trial over technology related to chip-making, one of...
Germany Sends Nokia/Daimler Patent Dispute To ECJ
A German court on Thursday, November 26, referred a patent licensing dispute between Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia and German carmaker Daimler to the...
EC To Intervene In Tech, Carmakers’ Patent Dispute
The European Commission plans to step into the patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers and may set up a system to check whether...
