Wednesday, 25 January 2023

US DOJ Sues Google for Anticompetitive Conduct in Advertising Practices

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The U.S. Department of Justice has brought a competition suit against Google concerning its internet advertising practices.   The DOJ press ...
Friday, 6 January 2023

US FTC to Ban Noncompete Agreements?

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule which would essentially bar noncompete agreements.  The  FTC’s press release  states: ...
Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Partnerships for Innovation: A Report on a Workshop

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The National Academies has released a brief review of recent workshop panel discussions concerning partnerships titled, “Enhancing U.S. Scie...
Monday, 5 December 2022

Gaming the System: A Scatter-Gun Approach to 5G Declarations

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While it is already widely believed that “over-declaration” of standard essentiality is due to large and excessive numbers of patents being ...
Friday, 18 November 2022

FTC Hits Vonage with $100 million Hammer for "Dark Patterns"

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On November 3, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission fined Vonage $100 million for “dark patterns” to be paid to consumers. The tricky iss...

A $2 Billion Trade Secret Misappropriation Verdict

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U.S. courts can be fun.  Appian received over a $2 billion trade secret judgement in Virginia state court.  In addition, Appian secured over...
Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Essentiality checks might foster SEP licensing, but they won’t stop over-declarations from inflating patent counts and making them unreliable measures

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  Essentiality checks could help implementers determine with whom they need patent licenses.   However, essentiality checking does a poor jo...
Friday, 11 November 2022

Can Patents Resolve the Quest for Capital?

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  Can Patents Resolve the Quest for Capital? Most people recognise the utility of patents to be the exclusivity, albeit temporary exclusiv...
Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Damage Calculations in Patent Infringement Cases under the Unified Patent Court

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  Considering Patent Infringement Damage Calculations under the Unified Patent Court A primary benefit for future users of the UPC is that...