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EU Events: High-Level Reflections on Standard-Essential Patents: In pursuit of a balanced system

High-Level Reflections on Standard-Essential Patents: In pursuit of a balanced system 10 November 16:00 -18:30 CET Online Conference With the support of Iban Garcia Del Blanco, Member of the European Parliament & Concurrences, Media Partner This high-level online conference will reflect on recent developments related to standard-essential patents (SEPs) in [...]

Save Our Standards: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm

A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to reverse and vacate a lower court decision in FTC v. Qualcomm was a clear win for Qualcomm in its ongoing antitrust troubles, but it came at the expense of America’s innovation ecosystem and the entrepreneurs that fuel it. In the decision, [...]

By |2020-08-26T14:46:17-04:00August 26th, 2020|Blog, Competition, FRAND, Innovation and IP, IoT, Open Standards, Patents|

What the End of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Means for Small Businesses

By Anna Bosch and Matt Schwartz On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement, which provided a stable, streamlined, and inexpensive mechanism for the transatlantic flow of data between the two regions. The court cited concerns with U.S. surveillance law, which [...]

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