Motorola and Apple Dispute Whether Apple’s FRAND Claims Should Have Been...
The parties and amicus have now finished briefing in the appeal from Judge Crabb’s ruling that dismissed Apple’s action seeking a declaration of a FRAND royalty because Apple would not agree to be...
View ArticleSettlement Update: MPEG LA Patent Pool Litigation Concerning Video...
Back in August, we reported on a series of four patent suits filed in the Southern District of Florida by a group of MPEG LA MPEG-2 patent-pool-licensors targeting television manufacturers Craig...
View ArticleFederal Circuit rules no per se prohibition against injunctions for standard...
Today the Federal Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in the appeal from Judge Posner’s ruling that denied both Motorola and Apple damages and injunctive relief in Apple v. Motorola. Among other...
View ArticleEuropean antitrust decisions establish “safe harbour” for willing licensees...
Yesterday, the European Commission issued decisions in two antitrust proceedings centered around the enforcement of standard essential patents (SEPs). The decisions, one involving Samsung and the other...
View ArticleAppeal of Judge Robart’s RAND ruling transfered to Ninth Circuit (Microsoft...
Today the Federal Circuit (Lourie, Dyk and Reyna) granted Microsoft’s motion to transfer Motorola’s appeal of Judge Robart’s RAND ruling to the Ninth Circuit, settling the parties dispute whether the...
View ArticleNinth Circuit to hear oral argument on Motorola’s appeal of Judge Robart’s...
Tomorrow, the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Motorola’s appeal of Judge Robart’s RAND royalty rate determination as well as the jury verdict that Motorola breached its alleged RAND...
View ArticleOnline video of Ninth Circuit argument of appeal from Judge Robart decision...
As discussed in our post yesterday, today the Ninth Circuit held oral argument on Motorola’s appeal of Judge Robart’s decision in the Microsoft v. Motorola case. A video of the argument is available...
View ArticleNinth Circuit affirms Judge Robart’s RAND decision (Microsoft v. Motorola)
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals issued a decision affirming Judge Robart’s RAND decision in the much watched Microsoft v. Motorola case, basically ruling that the determination of a...
View ArticleMicrosoft and Google resolve FRAND and other patent disputes
Microsoft and Google announced that they have settled there global patent disputes, including the litigation underlying the FRAND dispute that gave rise to Judge Robart’s first-of-its-kind decision on...
View ArticleLenovo, Motorola file antitrust claims against InterDigital’s standards...
On April 9, 2020, Lenovo and Motorola Mobility filed a Complaint against InterDigital in the District of Delaware alleging InterDigital violated U.S. antitrust law and contractual FRAND commitments by...
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