Tag: SSOs
REPs Not SEPs: A Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory Approach to Licensing Commitments
John Harkrider, Oct 15, 2013
A lot of ink has been spilled on the subject of RAND commitments in recent years. Lawyers and judges have...
Standard Setting: Should There Be a Level Playing Field for All...
Nadia Soboleva, Lawrence Wu, Oct 15, 2013
In the past few years, issues related to fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory licensing rates for patents have garnered...
Standard Setting Organizations Can Help Solve the Standard Essential Patents Licensing...
Kai-Uwe Kuhn, Fiona Scott Morton, Howard Shelanski, Mar 05, 2013
Intellectual property rights were established in both the United States and Europe to protect inventors,...
Reasons to Reject a No Injunctions Rule for SEPs and FRAND-Obligated...
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...
Reasons to Reject a No Injunctions Rule for SEPs and FRAND-Obligated...
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...
Competition, Standards, and Patents
Per Hellstrom, Thomas Kramler, Oct 01, 2012
The interface of competition, standards, and patents has received increased attention over the past few years, in particular...
Revising the Technology Transfer Guidelines
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...
Technology Licensing: Evolving Antitrust Standards in the Smartphone and Other Sectors?
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...
DOJ Merger Statement Renews Focus on Competitive Implications of Industry Standards
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...
Some Observations on the Treatment of Standardization Agreements in the EC...
Mathew Heim, Feb 11, 2011
Guidelines issued by the European Commission can provide an important complement to the modernization of Europe's competition regime. Instituted by...
