Samsung Electronics vowed to fight on in its legal battle with Apple over allegations of intellectual property violations, saying Monday that the company “will continue to do our utmost until our arguments have been accepted” (http://xrl.us/bnnd6h). A jury for the U.S. District Court of Northern California said late Friday that Samsung infringed on multiple Apple design and utility patents related to Apple’s iPhone products, awarding Apple more than $1 billion in damages. The jury did not find for any of the claims Samsung made in a countersuit, in which the company sought $421 million in damages, according to court documents.
Samsung Electronics vowed to fight on in its legal battle with Apple over allegations of intellectual property violations, saying Monday that the company “will continue to do our utmost until our arguments have been accepted” (http://xrl.us/bnnd6h). A jury for the U.S. District Court in San Jose said late Friday that Samsung infringed on multiple Apple design and utility patents related to Apple’s iPhone products, awarding Apple more than $1 billion in damages. The jury did not find for any of the claims Samsung made in a countersuit, in which the company sought $421 million in damages, according to court documents.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products that may be considered technical barriers to trade. Broker Power delays its publication of these postings for 2-3 weeks because there is often a delay until NIST makes the text of the regulations available.
Funding provided through the FCC’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) can help rural healthcare providers with the recurring costs of broadband access and helps construct broadband networks where coverage is unavailable, said Arthur Spies, project coordinator for the Iowa Rural Health Telecommunications Program, in a letter to the FCC Monday. The FCC’s Wireline Bureau released a report last week that said the RHCPP, which funds 50 projects across 38 states, “provides fertile ground to help the Commission determine how best to reform the existing rural healthcare program, which provides ongoing support for telecommunications and Internet access services” (CD Aug 14 p11). The Iowa program, one of the 50 that receive RHCPP funds, is a consortium of hospitals in Iowa and South Dakota, along with the Iowa Hospital Association and the Iowa Communications Network (ICN), that connects participating hospitals through a dedicated broadband network using ICN infrastructure, Spies said. In describing the project and the program, Spies recommended the Wireline Bureau grandfather in urban hospitals that are part of RHCPP programs. “This will help support and sustain the consortia/network into the future,” Spies said in the letter. “We believe funding should continue as long as an urban site is a member of the consortium with rural health care providers” (http://xrl.us/bnmjdv).
Broadband healthcare networks improve the quality and reduce the cost of delivering care in rural areas, said an FCC Wireline Bureau staff report evaluating the commission’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program (http://xrl.us/bnkkye). The report found that the RHCPP, which supports 50 active projects in 38 states, “provides fertile ground to help the Commission determine how best to reform the existing rural health care program, which provides ongoing support for telecommunications and Internet access services.” The report also found that consortium applications for funding are more efficient than applications by individual entities; bulk buying and competitive bidding are “a powerful combination” because they can yield higher bandwidth, lower prices, and better service quality for the pilot projects; and most healthcare providers lack the technical expertise to manage their own broadband networks. “The majority of Pilot projects have created successful broadband networks by purchasing broadband services from a third party, rather than constructing and owning their own broadband facilities,” the report said.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products that may be considered technical barriers to trade. Broker Power delays its publication of these postings for 2-3 weeks because there is often a delay until NIST makes the text of the regulations available.
The FTC and Department of Justice took to Congress July 11 to express concern about technology companies with standard-essential patents (SEPs) running to the International Trade Commission for exclusion orders. An exclusion order directs CBP to bar infringing articles from entry into the country. The DOJ Antitrust Division is particularly concerned with standard-essential patents involving mobile devices, because wireless devices depend on many standards for interoperability, he said.
The FTC and Department of Justice took to Congress Wednesday to express concern about technology companies with standard essential patents (SEPs) running to the International Trade Commission for exclusion orders. An exclusion order directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to bar infringing articles from entry into the country. The DOJ Antitrust Division is particularly concerned with SEPs involving mobile devices, because wireless devices depend on many standards for interoperability, he said.
The FTC and Department of Justice took to Congress Wednesday to express concern about technology companies with standard essential patents (SEPs) running to the International Trade Commission for exclusion orders. An exclusion order directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to bar infringing articles from entry into the country. The DOJ Antitrust Division is particularly concerned with SEPs involving mobile devices, because wireless devices depend on many standards for interoperability, he said.
The FTC and Department of Justice took to Congress Wednesday to express concern about technology companies with standard essential patents (SEPs) running to the International Trade Commission for exclusion orders. An exclusion order directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to bar infringing articles from entry into the country. The DOJ Antitrust Division is particularly concerned with SEPs involving mobile devices, because wireless devices depend on many standards for interoperability, Acting Assistant Attorney General Joseph Wayland said. Speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact of exclusion orders on competition, he and FTC Commissioner Edith Ramirez argued exclusion orders are generally inappropriate remedies for companies that own patents used in industry standards.