As standard-essential patent issues have garnered more focus from those in industry, many companies and interest groups have spoken out in various forums about these issues. This page includes links to some of the more noteworthy statements.
Corporate/Interest Group Communications:
- Letter from Apple to ETSI (Nov. 11, 2011)
- Letter from Apple to Sens. Leahy & Grassley (July 18, 2012)
- Microsoft Letter to FTC re: Patent Standards Workshop (June 14, 2011)
- Microsoft’s Support for Industry Standards (Feb. 8, 2012)
- Google Letter to IEEE (Feb. 8, 2012)
- Google Letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (July 10, 2012)
- AIPLA Letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Aug. 2, 2012)
Amicus Briefs
- Apple v. Motorola (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 12-1548)
- IEEE Amicus Brief
- American Antitrust Institute Amicus Brief (rejecting injunctive relief for SEPs)
- IP Law Ass’n of Chicago Amicus Brief
- Multiparty Amicus Brief (rejecting injunctive relief and urging incremental value rule for SEP infringement damages)
- Broadcom v. Qualcomm (3d Cir. Appeal No. 06-4292)
- In re Rambus Inc. (FTC No. 9302)
Public Interest Statements Submitted to the U.S. Int’l Trade Commission
- Inv. No. 337-TA-745 (Motorola Mobility v. Apple)
- Apple (opening)
- Apple (responsive)
- Association for Competitive Technology
- AT&T
- Business Software Alliance
- Cisco
- Cisco/HP/Verizon Combined
- GTW Associates
- Hewlett-Packard
- Innovation Alliance
- Interdigital
- Microsoft (opening)
- Microsoft (responsive)
- Nokia
- Qualcomm (opening)
- Qualcomm (responsive)
- Research In Motion
- Retail Industry Leaders Association
- Samsung
- Verizon Wireless
- Inv. No. 337-TA-752 (Motorola Mobility v. Microsoft)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-794 (Samsung v. Apple)
Public Comments Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission