Last June, CCIA filed comments on the public interest issues implicated by Qualcomm’s ITC complaint against Apple. (The ITC is required to take into account whether the public interest would be harmed by exclusion.) Last month, the ITC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) agreed with our comments, determining that an exclusion order was not in…
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ITC: No Public Interest In Excluding Qualcomm Competitors
by Josh Landau •
Over a year ago, I filed comments at the International Trade Commission (ITC). Those comments explained why it went against the public interest to exclude Qualcomm’s competitors products from the U.S. market based on Qualcomm’s patent infringement allegations. Last week, the ITC administrative law judge in charge of the case agreed. What’s At Stake? About…
CCIA, ACT File Amicus Brief In FTC v. Qualcomm
by Josh Landau •
Yesterday, CCIA and ACT filed an amicus brief in the FTC’s case against Qualcomm in the Northern District of California. As explained in the brief, the FRAND obligation which patent owners voluntarily agree to when they participate in the development of a standard requires the owners of standard-essential patents to license their patents on “fair,…
CCIA Adds New Patent Counsel
by Ali Sternburg •
Matt Levy, who you may remember from his guest post on Patent Progress in April, joined CCIA today, and will now be doing a lot of blogging on Patent Progress. More information about him is below, from CCIA’s Press Release: The Computer & Communications Industry Association has added to its strong intellectual property team…
CCIA Files Comments to US Antitrust Regulators on Patent Troll Activity
by Dan O'Connor •
(Cross-posted on DisCo) Last Friday, CCIA filed its comments to the FTC/DOJ’s Public Workshop on Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) (aka patent trolls). Although antitrust authorities cannot fix all of the foundational problems in the patent system — such as the patent quality problem — they can certainly use their competition expertise and authority to help rein in some of the most…
Senator Mike Lee’s Speech at CCIA’s Patent Progress Event Today
by Josh Lamel •
Below is the transcript of Senator Mike Lee’s speech at our event today, How Patent Trolls Harm Innovation. I’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about patents and innovation. In particular, I would like to thank Josh Lamel and the CCIA for the invitation to speak, and for organizing a panel to…
We Applaud Reintroduction of SHIELD Act
by Josh Lamel •
Today, Congressman DeFazio and Chaffetz reintroduced the SHIELD Act. We have previously analyzed this legislation. Their press conference on reintroduction as well as our statement are below. As soon as we have a copy of the bill as reintroduced, we will post it on the site. Congress Introduces SHIELD To Protect Against Junk Patent Lawsuits…
Patent Troll Panel Important for Competition Policy
by David Balto •
CCIA is hosting an important event on Thursday, February 28th entitled “How Patent Trolls are Harming Innovation.” The event will take place in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and will feature six prominent panelist offering different but harmonious opinions on the current state of the patent troll environment: Julie Samuels, Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid…
Entrepreneurs to Congress: Fix the Patent Troll Problem
by Josh Lamel •
Today, more than 60 entrepreneurs wrote to Congress demanding Congress do something about the growing threat patent assertion entities are creating for the startup community. Led by Engine Advocacy and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, these entrepreneurs are joining CCIA in supporting the reintroduction of the SHIELD Act by Representatives DeFazio and Chaffetz today. The text…
Patents in the News 2/26
by Josh Lamel •
The CCIA and RIM Tell the FTC Banning Injunctions for FRAND Patents Can Make Smartphone Wars Worse Groklaw February 26, 2013 If the government wants to build a highway and your house is in the way of the highway, what happens?.. Does the government come and tell you, “You have to move out and abandon…