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FTC v. Qualcomm: Part One–Where is Denzel?
This is the first of a couple posts we intend to make on the FTC v. Qualcomm litigation that recently concluded a bench trial last week and is awaiting decision by Judge Koh in the Northern District of...
View ArticleU.S. Dept. of Justice poised to provide leadership in FTC v. Qualcomm case
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Statement of Interest of the United States of America in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm about standard...
View ArticleFTC Staff throws shade on DOJ Statement of Interest (FTC v. Qualcomm)
Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Staff filed a response that attacks the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Statement of Interest in the FTC v. Qualcomm case. (See May 3, 2019 post on...
View ArticleJudge Koh rules that Qualcomm violated FTC Act (FTC v. Qualcomm)
Yesterday, Judge Koh of the U.S. District Court Northern District of California entered a Judgment following the January 2019 trial based on her Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law that Qualcomm...
View ArticlePublic invitation to the Competition Brawl (FTC v. Qualcomm)
And the dance has officially begun in the U.S. inter-governmental dispute about applying competition law to the technical standard setting process between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Stays Judge Koh’s Injuncton in the FTC v. DOJ Competition Brawl...
Today, the Ninth Circuit issues an Order that stays Judge Koh’s injunction entered in the FTC v. Qualcomm case in order to maintain the status quo so that the Ninth Circuit can decide whether Judge...
View ArticleU.S. Patent Office, U.S. Dept. of Justice And NIST Issue Joint Statement on...
Today, the Unites States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”), the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) issued a...
View ArticleNinth Circuit to Hear Argument Feb. 13 from FTC, DOJ and Qualcomm on...
Oral Argument in the appeal of Judge Koh’s FTC v. Qualcomm decision is schedule to take place February 13, 2020 before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to consider whether and to what...
View ArticleITC finds Nokia does not infringe InterDigital patents, so does not address...
On Friday, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a Notice on its review of Judge Essex’s decision in the InterDigital v. Nokia investigation and found that Nokia did not infringe...
View ArticleFTC Releases Long-Awaited Patent Assertion Entity Study
Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a 269-page Report following its study of patent assertion entities (“PAEs”) — i.e. what the FTC’s press release calls “firms that acquire...
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