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Papers and Studies
Papers and Studies
August 01, 2018
Delrahim Restores Balance to Antitrust Treatment of SEPs
"In a recent open letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, a group of former government enforcement officials and professors took aim at recent speeches of AAG Delrahim relating to the...Read more
December 08, 2017
How SSOs Work: Unpacking the Mobile Industry's 3GPP Standards
At the center of the policy debate over patents and technology standards lie the widely successful mobile wireless cellular 3G and 4G standards. This chapter of "The Cambridge Handbook of Technical...Read more
November 20, 2017
CPI Antitrust Chronicle – IP on Tech’s Cutting Edge: LeadershIP EU
The November 2017 Antitrust Chronicle addresses issues related to the inaugural LeadershIP EU Conference, which took place in Brussels on September 25th. The panelists at the conference came from the...Read more
Media Articles and Blogs
Media Articles and Blogs
December 08, 2017
Delrahim’s SEP Policy Could Mean Enforcement Shift For DOJ
Recent statements by leaders in the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division have signaled a possible shift in policy in favor of patent holders when it comes to standard-setting organizations...Read more
November 30, 2017
The New Era of Antitrust Law and Policy in Standards: Embracing Evidence Based Policy-making
This article details the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new top antitrust enforcer, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Makan Delrahim, powerful speech on November 10, 2017 on antitrust law and policy...Read more
November 27, 2017
Standard Development Organizations And IPR Policies: Their Role In Realizing Future Technologies
In the growing digitalized economy, interconnected devices in all sectors need technology standards to operate. As standards are drivers for innovation, when they embed proprietary technology,...Read more
Judicial Publications
Judicial Publications
May 27, 2016
MCM Portfolio v. HP - Brief of 13 Law Professors
The decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit directly contradicts this Court’s longstanding case law that secures constitutional protections in vested private property rights. The...Read more
April 27, 2016
Interdigital vs. Nokia & ZTE Initial Determination on Remand
Initial Determination on Remand for Interdigital vs. Nokia & ZTE 337-TA-613Read more
April 22, 2016
Saint Lawrence Judgment
Regulatory Writings
Regulatory Writings
November 29, 2017
Communication from the European Commission: Setting out the EU Approach to Standard Essential Patents
Communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament, The Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, Setting out the EU Approach to Standard Essential Patents Standards...Read more
October 13, 2016
Patent Assertion Entity Activity - An FTC Study
A new Federal Trade Commission report spotlights the business practices of patent assertion entities (PAEs), firms that acquire patents from third parties and then try to make money by licensing or...Read more
October 13, 2016
Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property - 2016 Proposed Update
The FTC and DOJ released a proposed update to the 1995 “ Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of IP ” on August 12, 2016, and sought public comments. Most of the updates are not deemed to a...Read more
Speech or Presentation
Speech or Presentation
November 10, 2017
Take It to the Limit: Respecting Innovation Incentives in the Application of Antitrust Law
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Delivers Remarks at the USC Gould School of Law Center for Transnational Law and Business Conference.Read more
June 14, 2018
Good Times, Bad Times, Trust Will Take Us Far: Competition Enforcement and the Relationship Between Washington and Brussels
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim delivers remarks at the College of Europe in Brussels.Read more
June 14, 2018
Competition, Intellectual Property, and Economic Prosperity
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim delivers remarks at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing before The China Intellectual Property Law Society and The Peking University Intellectual Property Alumni...Read more
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