Sentences with phrase «[standard essential patents»

ACT / The App Association, which represents about 5,000 app outfits, signed the letter and posted a link to the document on its web site, along with a blog post elaborating on what it calls «the growing danger of standards essential patent abuse.»

Qualcomm's suits are based on three non-standard essential patents, it said.

The company later filed two lawsuits against Qualcomm in China, alleging its supplier abused its market position and failed to license standard essential patents on fair terms.

Motorola Mobility is set for two upcoming trials over their standard - essential patents.

«Without formal standardisation and SEPs [standard essential patents], there would be, for example, no connected vehicles.»

The Huawei and ZTE Defendants would be able to say that any claim for infringement of local standards essential patents was non-justiciable locally, insofar as such a claim sought determination of a global FRAND licence.

Last week the Patents Court, a division of the English High Court, handed down another important decision in the continuing development of the law relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and FRAND.

TCL v. Ericsson: Representing TCL in a breach of contract action based on FRAND obligations relating to Ericsson's standard essential patents.

Advising a number of major manufacturers in the telecoms industry (eg Ericsson, Lenovo, Sony Mobile or NTT Docomo) on patent litigation, in particular relating to standard - essential patents.

A standardization or licensing entity can't be sure that all essential patents were actually submitted.

But the goal is to identify as many essential patents as possible.

The final terms of the AVC / H.264 License were developed through a process of negotiation among the initial group of H. 264 essential patent holders responsible for forming the H. 264 patent pool, many of whom are now also Licensees.

Formally, only the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 are affected, but in practical terms, Apple now knows that (unless the appeals court reverses this ruling) Samsung may be able to quickly seek injunctions against newer Apple products over standard - essential patents.

In a subsequent post (probably the very next one) I'll also report on the standard - essential patent case that was discussed, for a second time, on Friday.

There can be antitrust implications for companies that try to use standard - essential patents to block competitors.

In high technology, standards - essential patents are key for companies looking to generate revenue by licensing out IP.

Some standards organizations require companies with standard - essential patents to license them on fair and non-discriminatory terms.

There is a distinction between patents that are essential for the standard, Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), and those that can be by - passed without undermining the technology (non-essential patents).

Speaker, «Standard Setting Organizations, Standard Essential Patents, and Related Patent Remedies,» Mobile Payments Law, Law Seminars International, Palo Alto, CA

The judge's preliminary ruling held the Xbox to infringe four Google / Motorola patents, three of which are standard - essential patents (SEPs).

He works with automotive OEMs and suppliers on the development of strategies to address licensing demands from a wide variety of standard essential patent holders.

Judge Posner has shown how a court can deal efficiently with assertions of standard - essential patents.

I suspect that it has to do with the FRAND issues raised by Google's use of standard - essential patents.

Earlier this week, the ITC decided to review a preliminary ruling that found Apple to infringe a Google / Motorola 3G - essential patent but postponed a decision on the next steps in the investigation of Motorola's complaint targeting Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console.

LeRoy leads the firms FRAND Licensing practice and works with automotive OEMs and suppliers to address licensing demands from a wide variety of standard essential patent holders.

The United States International Trade Commission just gave notice that it will review in part — actually, in many parts — a preliminary ruling that held Apple to infringe a wireless standard - essential patent (SEP) held by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility.

The BSA and the four professors argue that Judge Posner's ruling is perfectly consistent with eBay and explain why injunctions over FRAND - pledged standard - essential patents (SEPs) in most cases must be denied as such requests fail to satisfy the eBay criteria.

The professors write that «Injunctions Ordinarily Should Not Be Available To Holders Of RAND - Encumbered Standard - Essential Patents».

The BSA says Judge Posner «correctly recognized that injunctions ordinarily are not an appropriate remedy for infringement of a standard - essential patent when the patentee has made a [F] RAND commitment».

In Case C - 170 / 13 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp & ZTE Deutschland GmbH, (Judgment of the 5th Chamber, CJEU, 16 July 2015) the CJEU was asked to rule for the first time on whether seeking an injunction and other associated remedies by the owner of a Standard Essential Patent (SEP) against a company in breach of the patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102 TFEU).

Though holder of standard essential patents (SEPs) are obliged to provide licenses under FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) conditions, negotiations with hundreds of SEP holders are simply neither practical nor affordable.

With the Patent Center, inventors can create their own provisional patent application online, start a patent search, and browse free legal help articles packed with essential patent information.

With respect to FRAND licensing, John works with automotive OEMs and suppliers to address licensing standard essential patents for wireless communication technology.

By the way, March wasn't much better for Google with a preliminary ruling against Motorola's ITC complaint against the Xbox, Nokia's refusal to grant a license to its allegedly VP8 - essential patents, Nokia's progress toward its first Android patent license deal, and a trial based on which Microsoft may very well win (in early June) a German injunction not only against Motorola but also its parent company, Google, with respect to Google Maps.

In the case before Judge Posner, Motorola was seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for a single cellular standard - essential patent; the initial royalty demand that gave rise to Judge Robart's case amounted to $ 4 billion annually and was later reduced to hundreds of millions.

On the one hand, Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) have been exploring changes to their licensing policies, in particular in relation to the commercial implications of FRAND pledges given by holder of Standard Essential Patents («SEPs»).

Our win against LG included the first award of damages for willfulness in a standard - essential patent case, which also included a sua sponte enhancement by the Court.

Google agreed to license standard - essential patents that its competitors need to make mobile phones, tablets, and gaming consoles.

I've always said that Apple should get something, but the longer this dispute has taken, the clearer it has become that Apple's leverage is limited, and let's not forget that Apple at some point needs a license, on FRAND terms obviously, to Samsung's standard - essential patents.

The mobile sector has seen a number of injunction proceedings launched by patent owners against those suspected of using their standard essential patents (SEPs) without a licence.

In my analysis of the detailed version of the initial determination I concluded that an allegedly UMTS - essential patent, «U.S. Patent No. 7,706,348 on an «apparatus and method for encoding / decoding transport format combination indicator in CDMA mobile communication system», looked like «Samsung's best shot at the review stage».

And in the motion for guidance in the Apple case in Wisconsin, Motorola also argues that «the contracts at issue require reciprocal cross-licensing of essential patents».

Design patent remedies, injunctive relief, partial summary judgment over invalidated patents, the royalty base (a context in which I hope Apple will defeat Ericsson because it will discourage outsized royalty claims over standard - essential patents), and possibly some procedural issues concerning the interplay of infringement cases and FRAND contract cases in different venues.

Acting for Koninklijke Philips N.V. in action for infringement of standard essential patents in the mobile telecommunications industry (with Meredith Pickford QC)(2016 — ongoing)

Wi - LAN alleged that HTC infringed its standard essential patent (SEP) covering the 3GPP HSDPA mobile phone standard.

The lawyers in Baker Botts» Antitrust Practice have substantial experience in representing clients in investigations and litigation related to the intersection between intellectual property and antitrust laws, including Standard Essential Patents.

Advising and representing a global technology company in a number of patent litigations, including defending it against standard - essential patent assertions and against the largest ever damages claim brought in patent infringement proceedings in Germany.

Over the past 30 years, he has handled over 175 patent and other IP lawsuits including suits relating to standard essential patents (SEPs) and worldwide FRAND license obligations in district courts throughout the US, before the International Trade Commission and on appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

He regularly advises on multijurisdictional litigation strategies, particularly in relation to the assertion of standard - essential patents.

A significant portion of his practice relates to complex cases that involve the interface of intellectual property and antitrust, especially in relation to standard essential patents and he has been involved in a significant number of the leading cases in that area.