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.
Some interesting scenarios discussed in the Guidelines
include standard essential patents, patent pooling and patent assertion entities.
Not exact matches
Before a
patented technology is
included in an
essential standard, the owner must agree to license it on «fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory» terms.
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.
At this position he was responsible for all aspects of the company's worldwide legal function
including the management of legal staff, outside counsel, intellectual property, inbound and outbound open source programs, strategic partnerships, software licensing, anti-piracy initiatives, export compliance, on - line privacy, and relationships with licensors of
patents for
patent -
essential industry
standards.
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.
Two of the
patents are asserted by Motorola to be
essential to implementation of the H. 264 video
standard, and Motorola alleges that H. 264 capable products
including Xbox 360, Windows 7, Media Player, and Internet Explorer infringe those
patents.