noreply@blogger.com (Florian Mueller) / FOSS Patents
In Ericssons ITC cases, judges allow Apple to broaden scope of patent misuse defense when standar – The ITC has been grappling for a long time with how to adjudicate FRAND arguments in disputes involving standard-essential patents (SEP). Initially, the U.S. trade agency with quasi-judicial powers was practically unreceptive to FRAND defenses, but then came the Obama Administrations 2013 veto–on public-interest grounds–of an import ban Samsung had …
