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FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - July 2024

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This is the third issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that highlights developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed to be...more

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European Commission’s First-Ever Abuse of Dominance Probe for Shelving of a Novel Pipeline Therapy

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The European Commission (EC) has launched a formal investigation under its abuse of dominance rules into US life sciences company Zoetis in the area of novel veterinary medicines. The EC alleges that the discontinuation of a...more

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Why US Should Help European Efforts to Fix SEP Licensing

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The U.S. Patent Office, the National Institute of Standards and the International Trade Administration are all currently seeking input to establish U.S. policy on foreign standard-essential patent licensing regulatory regimes...more

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European Commission publishes proposal for an EU regulation on the Compulsory Licensing of Patents

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On 27 April 2023, the European Commission (the Commission) published its Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing for crisis management (the Proposed Compulsory Licensing...more

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Potential EU regulation for the compulsory licensing of patents to be studied by the European Commission

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The European Commission has recently announced its intention to launch a call for evidence and public consultation on a potential new EU regulation concerning the compulsory licensing of patents....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Nokia and Daimler Settle Standard-Essential Patent Licensing Dispute, Potentially Impacting Auto-Industry FRAND Licensing

Key Points - This settlement resolves multiple German lawsuits Nokia filed against Daimler asserting SEPs and Daimler’s complaint against Nokia before the European Commission. - Daimler argued Nokia’s licensing...more

Kidon IP

The Department of Justice Affirms End Device Licensing – The Avanci 5G Licensing Business Review Letter

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Recently, the Department of Justice issued a business review letter (BRL) relating to Avanci’s proposed 5G licensing platform for patents declared as potentially essential owned by its globally diverse thirty eight...more

Dechert LLP

The Servier Judgment: A Breath of Fresh Air for Pharmaceutical Companies?

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On 12 December 2018, the General Court (“Court”) partially annulled the European Commission’s decision of 9 July 2014 in the Servier case and consequently reduced Servier’s fine by more than 30%, from €330.99 million to...more

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Connected Cars and Autonomous Driving—EU Antitrust Challenges (Part I)

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The Background: The automotive industry has achieved a number of technological advances aimed at developing connected cars, automated vehicles, and ultimately autonomous driving. These innovations are expected to pose a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

An EC Communication on SEPs – Not More Not Less

A summary of the European Commission’s Policy Document on standard essential patents (SEPs). After considerable preparations and consultation the European Commission has on 29 November 2017 issued a Communication “setting...more

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