Sunday, October 29, 2017

The EU's definitive defeat: digital tax plans and a declaration of surrender to Silicon Valley

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What you're reading here is a highly skeptical take on the EU's innovation policy and economic outlook from an EU citizen who will l...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Samsung never quits, finally gets design patent damages retrial in long-running Apple case

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If one thought it appropriate to label a company's in-house and outside counsel, collectively, a " Comeback Kid ," the term wo...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Decision by Taiwanese antitrust authority: huge setback for Qualcomm, breakthrough for industry

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The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission's decision to impose a record fine of more than $700 million on Qualcomm and to demand a departure fro...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Qualcomm forced to offer commitments in order to obtain EU clearance of NXP deal

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There have been strong indications that the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) has serious concerns ab...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

DoJ backs Apple, says Supreme Court should deny Samsung's most recent cert petition

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Just this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on the high-volume business Apple is doing with Samsung, a key supplier of components for ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Design patents: Apple, Samsung reject each other's proposals for identifying the relevant article of manufacture

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Let me start this post with the final two sentences from Matt Levy's IP Watchdog post on the design patent damages issues in the Apple ...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Meet the patent trolls of the 2030s: Bosch, Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW

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Four days before the 67th International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt will end, I'd like to offer a bold prediction: unless a miracle o...