Tag: Royalties

By Michael A. Carrier*   2012 was a long time ago. Barack Obama was in the middle of his two terms as President. Hurricane Sandy...

Since approximately the mid-2000s, competition regulators have largely adhered to a consensus according to which standard-essential patents pose an inherently high risk of anticompetitive...

By He Jing In recent years China’s courts and antitrust authorities have increasingly played significant roles in setting FRAND rates for the wireless communication industry....

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a putative class of cellphone purchasers asked a California federal court to request help from the Finnish government...

By Judge Wenlian Ding - There is no doubt that the license fee of Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs”) can be priced by a judge’s ruling. On...

By Erik Hovenkamp - Challenge restraints are used within a variety of different patent agreements – ranging from ordinary licensing deals to “reverse settlements” – with...

By Douglas H. Ginsburg, Bruce H. Kobayashi, Koren W. Wong-Ervin, and Joshua D. Wright This article discusses the dangers of regulating royalties, including the difficult...

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Richard Stark, Jul 24, 2015 Manufacturers of devices such as smartphones need licenses to...

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle John Harkrider, Mar 31, 2015 While SEPs could be a potential predator in the...

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Jorge Contreras, Mar 31, 2015 This article summarizes economic and legal theories regarding royalty...