Antitrust Risks in Patent Pools and SSOs
Avoiding Price Fixing, Exclusionary Conduct
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
Outline
- Standard setting bodies
- Benefits
- Concerns
- Antitrust principles applicable to standard setting bodies
- Avoiding antitrust pitfalls in standard setting
- Patent pools
- Patent pools defined
- Benefits
- Concerns
- Recent developments /current state of the law
- Avoiding antitrust pitfalls in patent pools
- Best practices for structuring PP and SSOs
- Patent pools
- Standard setting bodies
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the antitrust concerns raised by standard setting organizations and patent pools?
- What is the current state of the law? Does the Rambus ruling create a circuit split?
- What steps can IP owners and their counsel take to minimize antitrust violations?
Faculty
Carl W. Hittinger
Partner
DLA Piper
Mr. Hittinger focuses on complex commercial and civil rights litigation with an emphasis on antitrust and unfair... | Read More
Mr. Hittinger focuses on complex commercial and civil rights litigation with an emphasis on antitrust and unfair competition matters, counseling clients on all aspects of civil and criminal antitrust law. He has represented various trade associations and their members. He also regularly represents corporations in investigations and actions brought by government and regulatory agencies.
CloseErica S. Mintzer
Counsel
Hogan & Hartson
She has significant experience counseling clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including mergers,... | Read More
She has significant experience counseling clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including mergers, Robinson-Patman issues, distribution issues, and trade association matters. She also has litigation experience in federal antitrust actions, including federal antitrust administrative litigation before the FTC.
CloseJeffrey Blumenfeld
Partner
Crowell & Moring
He specializes in antitrust and other complex litigation, and competition issues facing technology companies, including... | Read More
He specializes in antitrust and other complex litigation, and competition issues facing technology companies, including at the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. He also handles cartel investigations and trials and has significant antitrust experience in counseling, litigation and trial of both civil and criminal antitrust matters.
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