Governments in the United States and Europe have become more active in standard-essential patent issues in recent years. Below is a list of just some of the recent activities and statements emanating from government agencies and legislatures regarding these issues.
- Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Oversight of the Impact on Competition of Exclusion Orders to Enforce Standard-Essential Patents”
- FTC/DOJ Workshop titled “Tools to Prevent Patent Hold-Up – IP Rights in Standard Setting” (June 21, 2011)
- FTC/DOJ Workshop titled “Patent Assertion Entity Activities” (Dec. 10, 2012)
- Statement of the Federal Trade Commission in In the Matter of Robert Bosch GmbH
- Statement of the Federal Trade Commission in In the Matter of Google Inc.
- FTC Statements regarding the public interest submitted in connection with recent International Trade Commission Cases:
- Public Interest Statement from ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-745 (Motorola Mobility v. Apple)
- Public Interest Statement from ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-752 (Motorola Mobility v. Microsoft)
- Amicus Brief submitted by FTC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Apple v. Motorola Mobility (No. 12-548)
- European Commission Statement on Google-Motorola Mobility Merger
- U.S. Dept. of Justice Statement on its decision to close its investigations of Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility and the acquisition of patents by Rockstar Bidco and Apple
- Joint Policy Statement by U.S. Dept. of Justice and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on remedies for FRAND-encumbered SEPs