The following post comes from Jack Ring, a rising 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. I. INTRODUCTION In a previous blog post, we discussed the dispute […]
[Archived Post] Philips and Thales’ Standard Essential Patent Fight at the Federal Circuit, District Court, and ITC
The following post comes from Jack Ring, a rising 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. Click here for a related post. I. INTRODUCTION On July 13, […]
[Archived Post] Unverified Theory Continues to Inform FTC’s Policies Toward Patent Owners
The Federal Trade Commission’s unfair competition case against Qualcomm, Inc., has now concluded. The parties gave their closing arguments on Tuesday, January 29, and all that remains is Judge Lucy […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars Join Comments to FTC on How Antitrust Overreach is Threatening Healthcare Innovation
On December 21, 2018, CPIP Senior Scholars Adam Mossoff and Kristen Osenga joined former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader and SIU Law’s Mark Schultz in comments submitted to the […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars Join Comment Letter to FTC Supporting Evidence-Based Approach to IP Policymaking
On December 21, 2018, CPIP Senior Scholars Jonathan Barnett, Chris Holman, Erika Lietzan, Adam Mossoff, Sean O’Connor, and Kristen Osenga joined a comment letter that was filed with the FTC […]
[Archived Post] FTC’s PAE Study Makes Unsupported Recommendations
By Devlin Hartline The FTC released its long-awaited study of so-called patent assertion entities, or PAEs, today. As many predicted, the FTC makes several broad recommendations for substantive and procedural […]
[Archived Post] Acknowledging the Limitations of the FTC’s PAE Study
The FTC’s long-awaited case study of patent assertion entities (PAEs) is expected to be released this spring. Using its subpoena power under Section 6(b) to gather information from a handful […]
[Archived Post] How Rhetorical Epithets Have Led the FTC Astray in its Study of Patent Licensing Firms
By Devlin Hartline We’ve all heard the narrative about patent licensing firms, often referred to pejoratively as “patent trolls.” These patent owners, who choose to license their innovations rather than […]
[Archived Post] Curbing the Abuses of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: An Indictment and Reform Agenda
The following is taken from a CPIP policy brief by Professor Richard A. Epstein. A PDF of the full policy brief is available here. Curbing the Abuses of China’s Anti-Monopoly […]
[Archived Post] Patent Policy Debates Characterized by “Intolerably High Ratio of Theory to Evidence”
In an interview with Law360 last week, FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright spoke about the FTC’s upcoming study on PAEs and the state of today’s patent policy debates. The interview is […]