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Complications and Quandaries in the ICT Sector : Standard Essential Patents and Competition Issues.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bharadwaj, Ashish.
Other Authors: Devaiah, Vishwas H., Gupta, Indranath.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2017.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Editors and Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1 National Disparities and Standards Essential Patents: Considerations for India
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Standards and the International Standard-Setting Landscape
  • 3 Firm-Level Participation in Standard-Setting
  • 4 Patents and Standards
  • 4.1 Patenting Standards
  • 4.2 SSO Patent Policies
  • 5 Impact of Patents on International Participation in Standard-Setting
  • 5.1 Patenting by SSO Participants
  • 5.2 Patent Licensing Dynamics
  • 6 Potential Responses
  • 6.1 Embrace the Status Quo
  • 6.2 Adopt Protectionist Measures
  • 6.3 Increase Patenting by Local Firms
  • 6.4 Benefits of Increased SSO Participation by Local Firms
  • 6.5 Incentivizing Increased SSO Participation
  • 6.6 Applications in India
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 2 FRAND Commitments and Royalties for Standard Essential Patents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Industry Standards
  • 3 Standard Setting Organizations and Standard Essential Patent Licensing
  • 4 SSO Licensing Policies and FRAND Commitments
  • 5 FRAND Terms Determination and Recent U.S. Court Decisions
  • 5.1 FRAND Commitments Are Binding
  • 5.2 Additional Requirements for FRAND Analysis
  • 6 Impact of FRAND on Patent Royalties
  • 7 Federal Circuit Ruling on CSIRO and the Relevance of FRAND Commitments
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 3 The Policy Implications of Licensing Standard Essential FRAND-Committed Patents in Bundles
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Important Economic Principles
  • 2.1 The Single Rent Theorem
  • 2.2 The Economic Literature on Bundling
  • 3 Tying and Bundling with FRAND-Committed Patents
  • 3.1 Patent Holders with Licensing Options Outside of the Standard-An Alternative Interpretation of B and S
  • 3.2 Licensing FRAND-Committed and Non-FRAND-Committed Patents Together
  • 4 Policy Implications.
  • 4 Calculating FRAND Licensing Fees: A Proposal of Basic Pro-competitive Criteria
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 First Step: Precise Identification of, and Fees' Strictly Proportional to, the Technology to Be Effectively Adopted by the Willing Licensees
  • 3 Second Step: Royalties Determination Ex ante, i.e., Taking into Account the Value of the Patent Prior to the Standard Setting
  • 4 Third Step: Looking at the Overall Licensing Scenario and Royalty Stacking Issues
  • 5 Fourth Step: Dynamic Approach to FRAND Royalties' Determination
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 5 Selected Issues in SEP Licensing in Europe: The Antitrust Perspective
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Standardization Process, Its Benefits and the Risks for Competition
  • 3 The FRAND Commitment
  • 4 Portfolio Licensing
  • 4.1 Patent Law Issues
  • 4.2 EU Competition Law Issues
  • 4.3 Component-Level Licensing
  • 5 SEP Transfers and PAEs
  • 5.1 Potential Issues
  • 6 Competition, Intellectual Property Rights and Collaboratively Set Standards: Federal Trade Commission Advocacy and Enforcement
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 The FTC's Tools to Promote Innovation and Competition
  • 1.2 The Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Antitrust Law
  • 2 FTC Policy Reports Discuss Economic Issues Raised by Collaborative Standard Setting
  • 3 The FTC's Enforcement and Advocacy Regarding Standardization in the 1980s
  • 3.1 American Society of Mechanical Engineers v. Hydrolevel Corporation
  • 3.2 In re American Society of Sanitary Engineering
  • 3.3 Allied Tube &amp
  • Conduit Corporation v. Indian Head, Inc.
  • 4 The FTC's Enforcement Regarding Standard Setting Conduct Involving Patented Technologies
  • 4.1 In re Dell Computer Corporation
  • 4.2 In re Union Oil Company of California
  • 4.3 In re Rambus, Incorporated
  • 4.4 In re Negotiated Data Solutions.
  • 5 The FTC's Enforcement and Advocacy Regarding the Voluntary FRAND Commitment
  • 5.1 The Interpretation of the FRAND Commitment
  • 5.2 Competition Advocacy Regarding Remedies for Infringement of a FRAND-Encumbered Patent
  • 5.3 Enforcement Actions Regarding Seeking Injunctive Relief on FRAND-Encumbered Patents
  • 5.3.1 In re Robert Bosch GmbH
  • 5.3.2 In re Google, Inc. and Motorola Mobility, Inc.
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 7 Standard Setting Organizations and Competition Laws: Lessons and Suggestions from the United States
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Holdup Problem
  • 2.1 Disclosure of Standard-Essential Patents
  • 2.2 RAND Commitments
  • 3 Do U.S. Antitrust Laws Require Vague Royalty Commitments?
  • 3.1 Relevant Antitrust Principles
  • 3.2 The Standards Development Organization Advancement Act
  • 3.3 Statements of Antitrust Enforcers
  • 3.4 Required Disclosure of License Demands
  • 4 Recommendations
  • 4.1 Mandatory Disclosures
  • 4.2 Precautions
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 8 FRAND in India
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Hold-Up and Hold-Out
  • 3 U.S. and EU Law on Injunctive Relief for FRAND-Assured SEPs
  • 4 The Case Against Special Legislation or Amendments to Regulate FRAND Licensing
  • 5 The Dangers of Adopting a One-Size-Fits-All Template for SDOs
  • 6 Problems with Regulating Royalty Rates or Prohibiting "Excessive Pricing"
  • 7 Non-disclosure Agreements and Transparency
  • 8 Settlement and Remedies for Disputes Involving FRAND-Assured SEPs
  • 9 Conclusion
  • 9 CCI's Investigation of Abuse of Dominance: Adjudicatory Traits in Prima Facie Opinion
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 CCI v Ericsson: The Jurisdiction of CCI Upheld by Delhi High Court
  • 3 Initial Investigation Orders by CCI
  • 3.1 Abuse of Dominance Investigation Under the Competition Act
  • 3.2 Prima Facie Order of Investigation: Guidelines from Non-ICT Cases.
  • 4 The Practice Followed by CCI in Prima Facie Orders and the ICT Sector
  • 5 Information Considered at the Prima Facie Stage in ICT Sector
  • 6 Conclusion.

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