Commentators on antitrust and patent law over the past decade have advanced the view that “patent holdup” poses a serious threat to innovation and consumer welfare. In recent months, however,...
The IEEE apparently is considering an unusual change to its intellectual property rights (“IPR”) policy that in many ways is contrary to developing U.S. law on determining a reasonable royalty...
Reflecting a concern that settled antitrust maxims could chill industry self-regulation over acceptable product quality or safety standards, Congress enacted the Standards Development Organization Advancement Act (SDOAA).
Faster economic growth and expansion of exports in Central America in the 21st century will depend on many factors. These include efficient and modern standards systems and an end to...
...to be more promising than a multilateral approach because of the greater trust and commonality of interest at the regional level- with regard to mutual recognition agreements. For reasons of...
IP today is often a company’s most valuable asset, particularly for high-tech firms. Perhaps not surprisingly, therefore, issues at the intersection of antitrust and IP are of increasing importance. The...
Overturning a decision by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that a computertechnology developer did not unlawfully monopolize the...
...been rejected in the original application. A patent “continuation” is an application for additional claims made on a patent that was previously applied for. Under generally accepted patent practices in...
Telecoms and electronics giants can throw their weight around in negotiations over patent cross-licences. And it is right that they should extract significant licence fees in respect of their relevant...
...and industry standards”, Competition Law Insight, 4 July 2006, p. 3), Marcus Glader and Sune Chabert Larsen (“the authors”) briefly reviewed the current legal standards for excessive pricing under article...