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New EU Regulatory Regime for SEPs Will Upend Mobile Telecommunications Sector

IP Watchdog

The European Union is considering a new regulatory regime for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs) that will destabilize the global telecommunications market.

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Government Must Reform the ITC to Keep Pace with Innovation and Curb Trolls

IP Watchdog

As we move into an era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and 5G telecommunications that supports Kurzweil’s vision, we must make sure that our laws and federal agencies match the pace of invention and protect innovators from trolls who would game the legal system and government functions for their ill-gained profit. .

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Exploring the Differing Views of the ITC and CAFC on ETSI Licensing Declarations

IP Watchdog

focusing, in particular, on the CAFCs findings regarding interpretation and performance of the contractual obligation associated with the licensing declaration utilized by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as set forth in the ETSI IPR Policy. Lenovo (United States), Inc.

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Seven Steps to a More Authentic, Fresher Attorney Bio

Attorney at Work

Here’s the phenomenal opening paragraph, plus the closing sentence, from the bio of Nathan Mattock , of Australia’s Marque Lawyers : “After a string of high-profile cases involving telecommunications giants and, umm, adult content, Nathan would be famous enough as a major case litigator even without the three High Court cases he’s run and (..)

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Ukraine Conflict Deepens: Kremlin’s Information Warfare and Media Suppression

Complex Discovery

The Kremlin’s aggressive efforts to control the domestic narrative, including new telecommunications restrictions and the suppression of independent media, reflect a deepening authoritarian grip aimed at shaping public perception and stifling dissent.

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Allegedly ‘Late’ Disclosure of IP Rights to ETSI Does Not Make Patents Unenforceable in the U.S. or UK

IP Watchdog

of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy, and (ii) the impact this has on the enforceability of a patent subject to the Policy. Both decisions were in the ongoing patent and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) related litigations between Optis and Apple.

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P.S., I Don’t Love You: UK Court Delivers Blow to Apple in FRAND Fight with Optis But Laments ‘Dysfunctional’ SEP Dispute System

IP Watchdog

But in a post script to the ruling, Lord Justice Arnold said both Apple’s appeal and Optis’s cross-appeal “illustrate yet again the dysfunctional state of the current system for determining SEP/FRAND disputes” and that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and other standards development organizaitons (SDOs) should “make legally-enforceable (..)