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Brief Of Amici Curiae Law And Economics Scholars In Support Of Appellee And Affirmance, Mark A. Lemley, A. Douglas Melamed, Steven C. Salop
Brief Of Amici Curiae Law And Economics Scholars In Support Of Appellee And Affirmance, Mark A. Lemley, A. Douglas Melamed, Steven C. Salop
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In reliance on Qualcomm’s FRAND promises, key SSOs incorporated its technologies into wireless standards. Qualcomm takes the position that its patented technologies are essential to those standards and, therefore, that any firm making or selling a standard-compliant product infringes its patents. As a result, the SSOs’ incorporation of Qualcomm’s patented technologies into wireless standards created a huge market for licenses to Qualcomm’s SEPs.
The district court held that Qualcomm used its chipset monopolies, not only to extract the high chip-set prices to which it was entitled, but also to perpetuate those monopolies by disadvantaging rival chip-makers and raising entry barriers. …
From Goods To A Good Life: Intellectual Property And Global Justice, Madhavi Sunder
From Goods To A Good Life: Intellectual Property And Global Justice, Madhavi Sunder
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Most scholarship on intellectual property considers this law from the standpoint of law and economics. Under this conventional wisdom, intellectual property is simply a tool for promoting innovative products, from iPods to R2D2. In this highly original book Madhavi Sunder calls for a richer understanding of intellectual property law’s effects on social and cultural life. Intellectual property does more than incentivize the production of more goods. This law fundamentally affects the ability of citizens to live a good life. Intellectual property law governs the abilities of human beings to make and share culture, and to profit from this enterprise in …
Patent Reform Act Of 2009: Hearing Before The H. Comm. On The Judiciary, 111th Cong., April 30, 2009 (Statement Of Professor John R. Thomas, Geo. U. L. Center), John R. Thomas
Testimony Before Congress
Two types of patent damages reforms have been proposed before the 111th Congress. One would effectively reinforce the existing ability of accused infringers to challenge expert testimony as failing to meet prevailing standards of relevancy and reliability.The other would clarify current standards for patent damages law. In my opinion, both sorts of reforms would potentially play signficant roles in bringing greater predictability to patent damages law, and both deserve further consideration.