Monday, 24 August 2026

Book Review: Start Up Campus: How UC Berkeley Became An Unexpected Leader in Entrepreneurship and Startups

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I’ve meant to write about this book for some time, but I’ve been chasing squirrels on other hills.  I’ve decided today to finally get it don...

Cyberhacking Indictment Unsealed Involving Alleged Theft of University IP

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On August 18, 2026, the US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment concerning cyberhacking campaigns conducted against universities aro...
Friday, 14 August 2026

United States Moving Forward with Privateering Against Cybercrime

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On August 12, 2026, President Trump issued a Presidential Memoranda essentially providing the groundwork for a government program sanctionin...
Monday, 13 July 2026

FRAND licensing needs a taxonomy: valuation absent context is misvaluation

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The World Intellectual Property Organization's recent report on SEP valuation methodologies provides a useful overview of comparable lic...
Wednesday, 8 July 2026

US Department of Justice Remarks Regarding IP and Global Competition

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On July 8, 2026, the US Department of Justice issued a press release containing the remarks of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Dina Kallay...
Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Join Online: 14th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum The Global Patent Chess Game: International Patent Strategy in a Fragmented World Order 23–24 June 2026 | Munich & Online

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  The 14th IP & Competition Forum offers a series of highly topical online sessions on the changing architecture of global patent litiga...

FRAND commitments include no right to a platform licence

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In my recent article, Are patent pool royalty rates FRAND? ,   I argued that patent pool and platform rates are structurally unsuited to ser...
Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Are patent pool royalty rates FRAND?

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This question sits at the intersection of licensing practice, competition policy, and judicial interpretation. Courts, regulators, and indus...
Thursday, 7 May 2026

Injunctions — Perspectives from the Judiciary of Brazil Tuesday, 13 May 2026 15:00 UK | 16:00 CET

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  OxFirst is pleased to host a free webinar with Judge Victor Diz Torres , Judge at the Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro , B...