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, [...]
Who is driving technological innovation today? Is it a few companies that focus only on development of interoperability standards, or is it an entire ecosystem of companies that develop standards, create products, and integrate new technologies in new and useful ways? While it may seem obvious that modern technological progress [...]
Talk of a trade war between the United States and China dominates today’s news cycle. As continued rounds of talks occur (and more are planned), the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)—the executive branch federal agency that works directly with foreign governments to negotiate trade agreements and to resolve [...]
Facing a potentially devastating federal court ruling in its antitrust case, Qualcomm and its allies are ratcheting up political pressure for a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before the judge announces a decision in the case. But why? A look at Qualcomm’s financial history in the last year [...]
A year ago last week the European Commission published a Communication on the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs). It was an enlightened move to steer a fraught process that has been dogged by litigation, especially in the area of communications technologies. Lawsuits over the licensing of SEPs for communications [...]