Ericsson and Huawei’s Multi-Year Global Patent Agreement
Ericsson and Huawei recently renewed a multi-year global patent cross-licensing agreement that covers patents essential to standards relevant to the products of the parties. This includes 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular technologies. The agreement covers the companies’ respective sales of network infrastructure and consumer devices. This grants both of the parties’ global access to each […]
Report: Huawei and Chinese Government Allegedly Working Together to Undermine 4G, 5G Network Equipment Competitors in Key Markets
The News: A new report prepared by the United Kingdom’s House of Commons’ Defence Committee appears to shed new light on the alleged financial relationship between Huawei and the People’s Liberation Army suggested earlier this year by an internal US Defense Department reportand a separate CIA report roughly a year ago. According to the report, […]
The European Commission Strikes Again: Pay the Toll, do not Pass Go
A racket by any other name: The EC’s shakedown of US tech companies continues unabated. It’s that time of year again, when the European Commission announces its latest wave of hot new fines that it has conjured up to level the EU playing field against US tech companies. I am really not a cynical person, […]
Something is Afoot at the Circle Koh: FTC v. Qualcomm Just Went off the Rails, but there is no Reason to Panic
I don’t usually reference Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in the titles of articles I write about serious matters, but today’s topic is so bizarre and beyond judicial norms that it warrants an exception. I am referring to, as the title suggests, Judge Koh’s inexplicable decision to side with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against […]
Technology War: Sanctions Against Huawei Impact US Chipmakers and Other Tech Cos
Sanctions against Huawei impact US chipmakers, and others, in what is a full on technology war The Financial Times reports that as the Trump administration and the US Department of Commerce took steps to effectively ban Huawei from selling technology into the American market. American chipmakers took an almost immediate financial hit. Read the full […]
Opinion: It Only Took a Few Days of Testimony for the FTC’s Case Against Qualcomm to Fall Apart – Part 3
How the future of critical US technology investments, US 5G leadership, and US National Security could be irreversibly damaged by a faulty verdict. The FTC’s very strange case against Qualcomm: A recap of what has happened so far. United States District Judge Lucy Koh may be the most powerful person in America right now. Over […]
Opinion: It Only Took a few Days of Testimony for the FTC’s Case Against Qualcomm to Fall Apart – Part 1
Two years ago, when the FTC first filed its case against Qualcomm in US District Court, outgoing FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen took the extraordinary step of drafting a dissent letter that outlined just how unjustified and ill-advised the FTC’s case against Qualcomm was. She wasn’t wrong, and the FTC should have heeded her warning. Following […]
