Many of
his competitors license his patented technologies.
Not exact matches
Along with my colleagues, I help clients by assessing whether they can obtain a
patent, searching
patent and scientific databases, developing strategies for protecting intellectual property assets, drafting
patent applications, coordinating worldwide prosecution of the application, preparing
licensing agreements, obtaining financing, commercializing the invention, and enforcing its
patents against its
competitors.
Amazon.com Inc., whose Kindle reader is the Nook's top
competitor, has a
license with Microsoft for at least one of the
patents in the case, Microsoft said in its March 2011 complaint.
Then the company could refuse to
license the
patent to its
competitors, thus raising its rivals» cost of doing business.
Google agreed to
license standard - essential
patents that its
competitors need to make mobile phones, tablets, and gaming consoles.
We represent many clients in the technology industry on antitrust matters with respect to standard setting, SEP / FRAND,
patent pooling, product distribution and
licensing restraints, pricing practices, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other
competitor collaborations.
But this time it's not a
competitor filing suit in federal court, it's Bluestone Innovations LLC, a
patent licensing and enforcement company often categorized as a «
patent troll.»
The KFTC decision saw Qualcomm fined 1.03 trillion won (around $ 1.1 billion CAD) for what the commission called unfair business practices in
patent licensing and modem chip sales that were deemed detrimental to
competitors — including Samsung.