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Supreme Court hears arguments on antitrust issues with "pay for delay" agreements

  • Schiff Hardin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

On March 25, 2013, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, a case that could have a huge impact on the health

Eighth Circuit says pleadings can be filed under seal, but needs more justification

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2013

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a federal district court did not abuse its discretion in sealing an antitrust complaint

U.K. jumps on “pay-to-delay” bandwagon

  • Fish & Richardson PC
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 24 2013

The U.K. Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") jumped on the "pay-to-delay" bandwagon last week when it issued a "Statement of Objections," indicating a

Patents and Canadian competition laws

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 22 2013

In Canada, the Competition Act largely defers to the Patent Act. For example, the Act's abuse of dominance provision (s. 79 Canada's

The patent legal malpractice implications of “Walker Process” antitrust claims

  • Lane Powell PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2013

As experienced trial lawyers know, successfully trying or defending a case is all about presenting a compelling, understandable theme and narrative

FTC files first enforcement action against firm seeking injunctions on frand-encumbered SEPs

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 28 2012

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) complaint and proposed consent order with Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch), issued on 26 November 2012, is the first enforcement action by a federal antitrust agency against a patent holder for seeking an injunction based on infringement of patents that have been declared essential to an industry standard (SEPs) requiring such patents to be licensed on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms

How to be anti-troll without being antitrust

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2013

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently addressed whether a "patent aggregator" (a.k.a. "Anti-troll"), which is an

Eleventh Circuit deals FTC another setback in Androgel “reverse payment” case

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2012

On 25 April, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the FTC’s antitrust challenge to a so-called "reverse payment" patent settlement involving Solvay Pharmaceutical’s drug Androgel

A modern look at the nine ‘no-nos’ of patent licensing under U.S. antitrust law: the first four ‘no-nos’

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

In the 1970s, Bruce Wilson, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, developed a well-known list of nine patent

Northern exposure?

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

Davit Akman and John Norman suggest that a recently commenced investigation into alleged "product switching" and statements by the Interim