Tag: SEPs
Highlights From the 2020 LeadershIP Virtual Event
Walter Copan, Makan Delrahim & Andrei Iancu
On September 10, 2020, LeadershIP held an event titled Innovation Policy &...
Non-Discrimination – FRAND’s Last Stand?
Compliance with FRAND commitments by holders of standard-essential patents has largely focused on the “fair and reasonable” component of the commitment. This...
Standards, Patents, and Antitrust Policy: The Road Ahead
Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs”) have been at the center of a controversial debate for almost two decades. Recent developments have provided clarity...
Parallels and Diverging Approaches in the UK and German Supreme Courts’...
In this paper, I discuss the German Federal Court of Justice’s decision in Sisvel v. Haier and the UK Supreme Court decision...
How and Why Almost Every Competition Regulator Was Wrong About Standard-Essential...
Since approximately the mid-2000s, competition regulators have largely adhered to a consensus according to which standard-essential patents pose an inherently high risk...
The New Landscape in FRAND Litigation
2020 marked a turning point in global FRAND litigation: three judgments by the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – “BGH”) of Germany,...
SEP Licensing In Supply Chains: ECJ Gets Opportunity For a Major...
By: Lars Mesenbrink, Julius Schradin & Jay Jurata
SEP licensing in supply chains: ECJ gets opportunity for a major trend-setting decision
FTC v. Qualcomm: The Sky Is NOT Falling
Judges can be too demanding of plaintiffs and thereby stymie meritorious cases, but that is not what happened in FTC v. Qualcomm....
DOJ Reaffirms Borders on Antitrust-IP Intersection
By James F. Rill, John M. Taladay & Stacy L. Turner (Baker Botts)*
The Antitrust Division has taken definitive steps in the past several years...
Comparable Agreements and the “Top-Down” Approach to FRAND Royalties Determination
By Haris Tsilikas, LLM (Max Planck Institute)1
I. Introduction
The development of innovative standards hinges on a vibrant ecosystem of standardization inducing private investment by allowing...
