Intellectual Property – Our Curious Amalgam

Kate Swisher, White & Case LLP

#264 What’s Wrong With Having Lots of Patents? Patent Thickets and Antitrust Law

Posted 3 years ago Tagged antitrust First Amendment intellectual property Noerr-Pennington doctrine patent thicket pharmaceutical industry

It’s often said that patent protection rewards innovation and benefits consumers. But are there competition […]

Kristen O'Shaughnessy, Partner, White and Case

#235 Win, Lose, or Draw? A Decade of Pharma Antitrust Since FTC vs. Actavis

Posted 3 years ago Tagged Actavis generic entry patent settlement pharmaceuticals Supreme Court

Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-3 decision in FTC v. Actavis, […]

F. Scott Kieff, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

#180 An Overlooked Battleground? Antitrust Issues Before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

Posted 4 years ago Tagged adjudication agency antitrust competition dispute federal intellectual property International Trade Commission litigation trade USITC

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) may have been a familiar forum to parties […]

Jing He, Founder, GEN Law Firm

#128 When Will It Be the End of Global Anti-Suit Injunction Wars? Present & Prospective FRAND Litigation & Arbitration in China

Posted 5 years ago Tagged antitrust Arbitration China Dispute Resolution FRAND intellectual property international License litigation Negotiation patent SEP

As Chinese courts and authorities take on active roles in resolving FRAND disputes, China has […]

Jorge L. Contreras, Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

#127 Does the FRAND Framework Need a Fix?: Conversation With Prof. Jorge Contreras About Antitrust and IP

Posted 5 years ago Tagged antitrust competition enforcement Injunction intellectual property international jurisdiction Lisensing litigation Negotiation Reform remedies

Complex issues are at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property laws, and licensing of […]

Lisa Kimmel, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP

#126 How And When FRAND Can Be An Antitrust Issue: Conversation With Lisa Kimmel On The Fundamentals

Posted 5 years ago Tagged antitrust competition economics enforcement FRAND IP law licensing litigation SEP standard essential patent technology

FRAND issues can be complex and often require an understanding of several laws including antitrust […]

Heather Meeker, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and Founding Portfolio Partner, OSS Capital

#125 Is This a Tragedy of the Commons? Antitrust Law and Open-Source Licensing

Posted 5 years ago Tagged antitrust competition intellectual property licensing open-source software

Many software development companies are distributing software under open-source licenses, which allows broad access. But […]

Competition

#46 Antitrust, IP & Trade Wars

Posted 6 years ago Tagged

Antitrust interfaces with both international trade and intellectual property in complex ways. Multinational companies often […]