ITC releases public version of ALJ’s Initial Determination in InterDigital 3G...
A month ago, we alerted you to ALJ David P. Shaw’s Initial Determination finding no violation of Section 337 in In the Matter of Certain Wireless Devices with 3G Capabilities and Components Thereof,...
View ArticleRANDomness — Microsoft-Motorola RAND jury trial is underway
Yesterday marked the start of the long-awaited Microsoft-Motorola RAND breach of contract jury trial, taking place before Judge James L. Robart in the Western District of Washington. Over the next...
View ArticleJudge Robart rules sufficient evidence supports jury verdict that Motorola...
Yesterday, Judge Robart issued an Order that denied Motorola’s motion to overturn the jury’s verdict that Motorola breached its RAND obligations in dealing with Microsoft on standard essential patents...
View ArticleITC to review ALJ’s entire initial determination including FRAND ruling in...
Last week (Thu. Oct. 17, 2013), the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a Notice that it will review “in its entirety” Administrative Law Judge Shaw’s initial determination (ID) that found no...
View ArticleRockstar sued by cable operators for breaching standard setting obligations
Last Friday, several cable operators filed a Complaint against Rockstar in D. Del. alleging that Rockstar’s assertion against them of patents breached obligations owed to various standard setting...
View ArticleJudge Andrews dismisses Nokia and ZTE’s FRAND counterclaims against InterDigital
Judge Richard Andrews of the District Court of Delaware dismissed Nokia and ZTE’s amended FRAND counterclaims against InterDigital on Wednesday, ruling that the amended declaratory judgment actions...
View ArticleInterDigital Update: No FRAND breach where respondents failed to first seek a...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) recently issued the public version of ALJ Essex’s Initial Determination in Inv. No. 337-TA-868 finding that InterDigital had not violated any FRAND...
View ArticleFujitsu breached RAND obligation and must show cause why patent not...
Yesterday, a jury returned a verdict finding that Fujitsu had breached its standard-setting obligations to offer its declared ‘737 Patent (now expired) to Tellabs on reasoanble and non-discriminatory...
View ArticleJudge Gilstrap rejects Metaswitch’s SEP defenses based on Nortel...
Judge Gilstrap recently entered an Order that rejected various defenses raised by Metaswitch based on the prior patent owner’s (Nortel) activities in standards organizations CableLabs, the Internet...
View ArticleJudge Gilstrap rejects SEP-based arguments to set aside jury infringement and...
At the same time that Judge Gilstrap recently entered his bench trial ruling that rejected Metaswitch’s standards-based equitable defenses (see our Oct. 2, 2016 post), he also entered an Order that...
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