Sentences with phrase «of standard essential patents»

«Other upcoming Section 337 investigations will provide a better opportunity for the ITC or USTR to address the potential misuse of standard essential patents at the ITC

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)

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»).

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.

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.»

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.

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.

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).

Ben Ni of King & Wood Mallesons gives an overview of the guideline for trial of standard essential patent dispute cases, which incorporates rules established in cases worldwide

Not exact matches

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.

Saint Lawrence owns six families of patents that are essential to the Adaptive Multi-Rate-Wideband (AMR - WB) standard, which provides excellent speech quality transmission.

So, for instance, the slide and unlock mechanism in a smartphone is patented but is not essential for the operation of a smartphone standard as other mechanisms for unlocking the phone can and have been devised.

As a result of «standard essential» patent licensing and the complications associated with it, LeRoy recommends automakers and suppliers take a proactive approach, and develop a strategy for negotiating with the relevant patent holders.

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

The article focuses on the recent development of connected technologies in the automotive industry, such as cellular, WiFi, and the tens of thousands of purportedly «standard essential» patents that allegedly cover them.

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.

The article focuses on the recent development of connected technologies in the automotive industry, such as cellular, WiFi, and the tens of thousands of purportedly «standard essential» patents...

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 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.

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.

In this space the patents are not standard essential — the owner has no obligation to license them and can pursue injunctions against any rival that it suspects of infringement without any restrictions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In Europe, our lawyers have been instrumental in encouraging the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition to initiate several high - profile investigations relating to alleged abuse of standard - essential patents.

For example, in 2013, the United States Trade Representative vetoed an International Trade Commission (ITC) decision blocking importation of certain iPhones based on a standard essential patent.

The exercise of intellectual property exclusionary rights in connection with a standard essential patent has been more fully debated in the United States.

To make its case for implementing new IEEE rules on how to pay for standards patents, the letter points to the recent example of a patent troll that has been brandishing a standards essential patent to demand thousands of dollars per Wi - Fi chip from hotels and small businesses.

The outcome of the fight is significant since the new rules for so - called «standard essential patents» will affect what consumers ultimately pay for everyday devices like phones and routers.

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.

The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today, argues that Qualcomm used standards - essential patents it holds to demand elevated royalties and other license payments from phone manufacturers.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi and Finnish technology company Nokia on Wednesday announced a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent licensing arrangement, the latter of which will allow the companies to cross-license each other's standard essential patents.

Qualcomm has been charging a percentage of the iPhone value, he said, and though they «do some great work around standards - essential patents,» the Qualcomm contribution is just one small part of an iPhone.