Sentences with phrase «standard essential patents»

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.

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

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

Brooks Kushman shareholder John LeRoy will be speaking on a panel at the event focusing on IP trends patent defense strategies, and patent licensing including standard essential patents and «FRAND licensing.»

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.

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

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 2015, China imposed its largest - ever antitrust fine of RMB6.1 bn (approximately US$ 975m) on Qualcomm for abusing its dominance by charging discriminatory royalties for access to certain standard essential patents (among other issues).

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)

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.»

Morgan Reed, president of the App Association, said the letter was sent to the White House to bring attention to concerns over licensing standard essential patents as the administration considers nominees to fill empty seats at the FTC.

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.

Representing T - Mobile USA in patent infringement actions involving alleged standard essential patents relating to various cellular communication standards.

«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

We have many years» experience in handling standard essential patents for some of the world's leading companies in IT and telecommunications

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

Update: Ericsson's statement to TechCrunch — Xiaomi were unfairly using their SEP i.e. Standard Essential Patents, they tried communicating with Xiaomi for the same for more than 3 years and as a last resort asked for an injunction from the Court.

Some interesting scenarios discussed in the Guidelines include standard essential patents, patent pooling and patent assertion entities.

He has advised and litigated cases involving the interrelationship between intellectual property rights and competition laws (e.g. licensing standard essential patents and patent settlement agreements).

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.

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.

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

In this post, I first provide a primer on Standards and Standard Essential Patents («SEPs») before summarizing the Court's reasoning and setting out some initial observations on the judgment's significance.

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).

Defend Samsung Electronics in DOJ antitrust investigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), investigation closed (2014).

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»).

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.

The European Commission just announced that it has «opened a formal investigation to assess whether Samsung Electronics has abusively, and in contravention of a commitment it gave to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), used certain of its standard essential patent rights to distort competition in European mobile device markets, in breach of EU antitrust rules».

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.

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 the competition field, the team handles complex national and EU - level competition disputes, including advising on issues related to the FRAND licensing of standard essential patents.

Standard essential patents are patents that are typically identified by participants in an organization developing a new technical standard.

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.

The Guidelines includes some of the factors where it may be appropriate to seek an injunction for a standard essential patent:

In 2002, the Federal Court struck allegations that because a standard essential patents was being asserted and had not been disclosed during the standard setting process, the plaintiff was estopped from seeking damages — see Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Harris Canada Inc., 2002 FCT 599.

He is focused on patent prosecution and litigation in the field of electronics and standard essential patents (SEP) and design litigation.

Separately, we assisted a client with a standard essential patents / essentiality complaint before the EU and national courts in the automotive / wider driverless car sector.

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.

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.

Apple also argued Qualcomm failed to live up to promises made to license «standard essential patents» broadly and inexpensively.