Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm: California Court Finds Qualcomm Licensing Practices Violate Antitrust Laws
Why did Qualcom lose against the FTC after settling with Apple? Qualcomm has engaged in anticompetitive conduct. Never make admissions on patent exhaustion without first consulting a patent attorney with expertise on the subject. [...]
Apple v Pepper: Significant Jurisprudence Narrows Regulatory Gap Between Antitrust Laws And Technology Advances
Updating interpretation of laws to better apply to how products and services are now delivered iPhone owners are direct purchasers from Apple viz. Apple’s App Store, and are proper plaintiffs to maintain this antitrust suit. [...]
Qualcomm and Patent Exhaustion: Making Heads out of the Lawsuits Brought by Apple and the FTC
Precedent-setting cases on the doctrine of patent exhaustion There may be functions performed by the Qualcomm claims and practiced by Apple that may prevent patent exhaustion. The expansion of the doctrine in this case could [...]
No Stairway to Heaven for Led Zeppelin in Taurus Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Non-Preemptive Substantial Similarity Threatens to Bring Down Led Zeppelin’s Stairway Summary Observations: There is a low bar for originality in copyright. Copyright extends to parts of a work created (1) independently; i.e., not copied [...]
Two District Courts, Two Mobile Phone Vibrate Claims, Two Patent Eligibility Findings
California and Delaware District Courts find claims patent eligible under Alice two-step United States District Courts for the Districts of California and Delaware separately denied motions to dismiss brought under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The [...]
Delaware District Court Heeds Parker v. Flook In Finding Tuning Shaft Liner Claims Patent Ineligible
Do Claims Do More Than Limit The Formula to a Particular Technological Environment? United States District Court for the District of Delaware pours out tuning shaft liner claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because they [...]