Articles tagged with: Qualcomm and Japan Fair Trade Commission

Qualcomm Ordered to Amend Japanese Patent Licenses

­qualcomm has confirmed that the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has issued an order relating to its license agreements with Japanese manufacturers. The order alleges that qualcomm forced Japanese licensees to accept cross-license provisions without compensation, and to accept a provision under which the Japanese licensees agreed not to assert their essential patents against other licensees that had agreed to a similar provision.  more

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Qualcomm Provides Update on Japanese Patent Investigation

qualcomm has announced that it has received a copy of the draft order from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) that has asserted that qualcomm's Japanese licensees were forced to cross license patents to qualcomm on a royalty-free basis and were forced to accept a provision under which licensees agreed not to assert their essential patents against each other.  more

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