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Spring 2012, Volume 4, Number 2

APR-12(2)
 |  Dec 21, 2015

The intersection of antitrust and technology licensing and transfer has become wildly confusing and complex. Just look at all the acronyms: FRAND, RAND, SEP, SSO, TTBER, IPR, ETSI; or look…

Reasons to Reject a No Injunctions Rule for SEPs and FRAND-Obligated Patents
 |  Jan 7, 2013

Hill Wellford, Apr 30, 2012 Government officials, academics, and some industry participants recently have suggested that holders of so-called “standards-essential patents” (“SEPs”), meaning patents that are technically essential to the practice…

Revising the Technology Transfer Guidelines
 |  May 2, 2012

Pierre Regibeau, Katharine Rockett, Apr 30, 2012 We were asked by DG Competition to provide an economic evaluation of the 2004 Technology Transfer Guidelines that would serve as an input…

Technology Licensing: Evolving Antitrust Standards in the Smartphone and Other Sectors?
 |  May 2, 2012

Paul Lugard, Apr 30, 2012 Antitrust review of business transactions involving intellectual property has never been entirely undisputed. On the one hand, there is a general belief that antitrust intervention…

Patent Wars and Technology Transfer Agreements: Should the EU Rules Change?
 |  Apr 30, 2012

Lorenzo Coppi, Stefano Trento, Apr 30, 2012 The European Commission has recently launched a consultation on whether the rules governing intellectual property licensing should be revised after April 2014, when…

DOJ Merger Statement Renews Focus on Competitive Implications of Industry Standards
 |  Apr 30, 2012

Donald Falk, Christopher Kelly, Apr 30, 2012 …The DOJ’s statement has caused some consternation, as it signals at the very least that the agency may be willing to use the…

Facing New Challenges at the Crossroads Between Competition and Intellectual Property in Europe: The Example of Korean Innovators
 |  Apr 30, 2012

Damien Geradin, Hee-Eun Kim, Apr 30, 2012 The Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (“EU”) and Korea has been provisionally in force since July 1, 2011, nearly four years…

A Roadmap to the Smartphone Patent Wars and FRAND Licensing
 |  Apr 30, 2012

Apr 30, 2012 The smartphone industry today is characterized by a thicket of patents and wars based on those patents. Every day brings a new lawsuit or development between Apple,…

Do We Need to Get Frantic About FRAND?
 |  Apr 30, 2012

Hein Hobbelen & Tone Oeyen, Apr 30, 2012 For some time now, the concept of fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) has been a hotly debated topic in the antitrust community.…

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