Tag: FTC
Qualcomm’s Settlement With Taiwanese FTC Ignores Broken Promises
Last week Qualcomm reached an agreement with the Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission (TFTC), overturning the $778 million penalty the TFTC levied in October. Qualcomm promised to invest $700 million in ...
Standard Essential Patents In The News
Standard essential patents (SEPs) are in the news today in a couple ways.
First, the EU antitrust authorities fined Qualcomm $1.2 billion over conduct that involved locking Apple into an exclusive su...
IPR Successes: Scan-To-Email Defeated By Scanner Makers
In the pantheon of infamous patent trolls, MPHJ is near the top. MPHJ drew attention for their habit of mailing demand letters to anyone they thought might possibly have infringed their scan-to-emai...
Leaping Dismissal With A Single Order, It’s FTC v. Qualcomm!
Monday, Judge Koh issued an order denying Qualcomm’s motion to dismiss in the FTC v. Qualcomm lawsuit. This is just the first step in the lawsuit, but there are some pretty important signals burie...
Apple v. Qualcomm – Double Dipping and Breaking Promises
Back in January, Patent Progress wrote about lawsuits filed against Qualcomm by the FTC and by Apple. Today, Apple filed an amended complaint against Qualcomm, based in part on new law resulting fro...
Why No One Should Listen to Qualcomm About Patents
Qualcomm is a major opponent, perhaps the strongest opponent, of patent litigation reform. It’s becoming pretty obvious why. A few weeks ago, the Korean Fair Trade Commission went after Qualcomm for...
David Balto on Why the FTC Should Release an Interim Report on Patent Trolls
David Balto (a regular contributor here at Patent Progress) has a great piece at The Hill's website. It's definitely a must read.
FTC Commissioner Brill Says, Don’t Wait to Do Patent Reform
Today, CCIA and AAI co-sponsored a great event at the National Press Club, “Scrutinizing Patent Trolls: What Competition Enforcers Are Doing.” If you missed it, you can watch the webcast. FTC Comm...
FTC 6(b) Study on Patent Trolls Cleared by OMB, It’s Time to Serve Subpoenas
This past Friday, the FTC received OMB approval to go ahead with the 6(b) study on patent assertion entities. It’s been a long time coming, but the FTC did a thorough job of gathering feedback f...