Posted by ipeg on April 17th, 2012
After the EU Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation against Samsung a few weeks ago the dispute between the biggest stakeholders in the Telecommunication equipment market recently takes a new turn. The EU Commission has opened two further formal antitrust investigations, this time against Motorola. These investigations are based on complaints filed by Apple and Microsoft. According to these complaints, Motorola has failed to honor its irrevocable FRAND licensing commitments made to standard setting organizations by seeking...
Posted by ipeg on August 15th, 2010
IP rights are frequently used as security to enable financing of business ventures. However how does this work out for the different legal systems in the world? What are the effects on third parties like banks and financial institutions? One of the essential characteristics of IP rights is their ability to be used commercially by assignment or licensing. The economic importance of the licensing agreements is very significant.
In 2006 the AIPPI -an international intellectual property lobby association – received 44 reports from countries...
Posted by ipeg on August 24th, 2009
How come licensing by European companies is largely lagging behind the US? A March 2009 OECD Study on licensing practice by European and Japanese patent holders tells the story. Zuniga and Guellec published a their study [1], “Who Licenses out Patent and Why?” using the outcome of the OECD survey (done in 2007). 600 European companies, 1.600 Japanese companies have been surveyed by the researchers from OECD, EPO and University of Tokyo. Overall, the study finds that approx. 20%[2] of European companies holding patents license out at...
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