Saturday, May 27, 2023

Optis v. Apple FRAND ruling could be delayed by Justice Marcus Smith's new merger case (Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard); GenghisComm sues Toyota over SEPs; updates on Nokia-OPPO, KPN-Ericsson

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This is a roundup post that discusses four different standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes and multiple jurisdictions. Quick links: Opti...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Ericsson strikes down patent underlying KPN's $32 million jury verdict from August 2022: PTAB invalidates all challenged claims

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The patent infringement dispute between Dutch telecommunications carrier KPN and Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson is unus...

USPTO Director Kathi Vidal's reforms of discretionary denial rules are fair and balanced: abuse of all sorts must be curbed, including extortion and circumvention of litigation estoppel

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The USPTO under Director Kathi Vidal is on the right track with respect to PTAB IPR reforms, particularly with a view to discretionary denia...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Avanci Broadcast patent pool adds ETRI, KPN, NEC, NERC-DTV, thereby increasing coverage of ATSC 3.0 standard-essential patent families to 80%

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In March, Avanci announced its first non-automotive standard-essential patent (SEP) pool: Avanci Broadcast, a pool for the ATSC 3.0 (also kn...

As of today, Microsoft could consummate the Activision Blizzard purchase without fear of sanctions from a U.S. court: investment bank Macquarie recommends going ahead

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Today--Monday, May 22--is a very important day for Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard King (ABK). This is the earliest legal...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

Former ACT | The App(le) Association policy officer admits small companies don't pay people like him: panel debate on EU SEP Regulation proposal

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It speaks volumes about Apple's values that even after Bloomberg exposed ACT | The App(le) Association as an astoturfing operation , the...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Will regulators' disregard for legal bounds of merger control lead to more appeals and/or to more Illumina-Grail-style gun jumps?

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The Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard merger reviews set dangerous precedent in some places, not in terms of legal precedent but with a view to w...