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FOSS PATENTS: U.S. Department of Justice investigating Samsung’s use of standard-essential patents against Apple
An Apple filing with the International Trade Commission, a U.S. government agency with quasi-judicial authority that can impose import bans on patent-infringing products, reveals another ongoing antitrust investigation concerning suspected abuse of FRAND-pledged standard-essential patents. Apple said this much in its statement on public interest considerations relevant to the investigation of Samsung’s complaint. In that [...]
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Samsung counsel doubts EU regulator’s speed and resolve concerning standard-essential patents
Today I attended two Samsung v. Apple patent trials in a row in Mannheim, Germany. Last December, Samsung brought four new patent assertions in that court. It’s now trial season for those claims. A month ago, a trial was held on a standard-essential patent assertion. Another trial (involving a non-standard-essential patent on speech output of [...]
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