A first for FRAND: federal court in Microsoft v. Motorola sets FRAND royalty rates for standard essential patents *

USA - May 8 2013
Microsoft v. Motorola developed a framework for courts to assess fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms for standard-essential patents…

Co-authors: Daniel R. Foster, Stefan M. Meisner, Eric W. Hagen.

Western District of Washington sets FRAND royalty rates and range for SEPs *

USA - May 2 2013
Last week in Microsoft v. Motorola, the U.S. District Court Western District of Washington became the first U.S. court to set fair, reasonable, and…

Co-authors: Stefan M. Meisner.

Sixth Circuit limits applicability of the filed-rate doctrine and holds that electricity is a "commodity" under Robinson-Patman *

USA - June 18 2012
On June 6, 2012, in Williams v. Duke Energy Int’l, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit reversed a dismissal of Robinson-Patman Act (price discrimination) claims, amongst others.

Co-authors: Shauna A. Barnes, Gregory E. Heltzer.