by Kevin Coates | Jan 27, 2014 | News from around the Web
From FOSS Patents: Why Google Books is probably fair use but Android’s hijacking of Java is clearly not “”
by Kevin Coates | Jan 27, 2014 | News from around the Web
From eutopialaw: Nintendo vs Modchips: Score Draw in the CJEU “Angus MacCulloch The Court of Justice of the EU handed down its judgment in Case C-355/12 Nintendo v PC Box on 23 January 2014. It is the first of two cases concerning the legality of modchips for videogames consoles to come before the Court (Case C-458/13 is remains pending). The judgment doesn’t finally decide on...
by Kevin Coates | Jan 24, 2014 | News from around the Web
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Self-Replicating Technologies and the Challenge for the Patent and Antitrust Laws “Daryl Lim, The John Marshall Law School discusses Self-Replicating Technologies and the Challenge for the Patent and Antitrust Laws. ABSTRACT: Few patented inventions challenge the traditional boundaries of the patent and antitrust laws like those that are capable of...
by Kevin Coates | Jan 24, 2014 | News from around the Web
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Standard-Essential Patents “Josh Lerner (Harvard) and Jean Tirole (Toulouse) have a great paper on Standard-Essential Patents. ABSTRACT: A major policy issue in standard setting is that patents that are ex-ante not that important may, by being included into the standard, become...
by Kevin Coates | Jan 24, 2014 | News from around the Web
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: THE MEANING OF FRAND, PART I: ROYALTIES “J. Gregory Sidak, Criterion Economics, LLC theorizes about THE MEANING OF FRAND, PART I: ROYALTIES. ABSTRACT: What does it mean for a patent holder to commit to a standard-setting organization (SSO) to license its standard-essential patents (SEPs) on fair,...