RAND誓約は損害賠償額算定時に考慮すべき関連事項 Federal Circuitは、ERICSSON, INC. v. D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC. (Appeal No. 2013-1625、-1631、-1632、-1633) において、侵害を認めた地裁判決の一部を支持するとともに一部を覆し、損害賠償裁定額を無効として事件を差し戻した。 Ericsson社は、係争特許3件においてクレームされているWi-Fi技術の開発者である。IEEE (米国電気電子学会) は、クレームされている技術を802.11(n) 規格として採用した。この規格は、すべての準拠機器に本件特許技術を使用することを義務付けており、したがってEricsson社は、申請者の数に制限なく「reasonable and non-discriminatory」(RAND) 条件、すなわち妥当で公平な条件でライセンスを供与することを誓約しなければならなかった。D-Link社は、本件特許技術を採用した802.11(n)準拠の最終製品を製造していた。地裁は、権利主張されていたすべての特許に関する陪審の侵害認定も損害賠償裁定額も乱すことを拒絶した。陪審は、Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp., 318 F. Supp. 1116 (S.D.N.Y. 1970)…
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RAND Commitment Relevant to Damages In ERICSSON, INC. v. D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC., Appeal Nos. 2013-1625, -1631, -1632, and -1633, the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part the district court’s judgment of…
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Greater Deference for Review of Factual Findings Underpinning Claim Construction Reversing a long line of Federal Circuit precedents, the Supreme Court held that claim construction in patent cases will sometimes…
Article by Partner Bruce S. Itchkawitz, Ph.D.; originally published at OCTechInnovation.com on January 13, 2015. Orange County companies were awarded 3,520 U.S. patents in 2014, which is an increase of 12.1%…
