Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Tablet Computers, Media Players and Televisions, and Components Thereof
For Samsung, a licensee of various SEPs subject to FRAND commitments, in Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Tablet Computers, Media Players and Televisions, and Components Thereof, developed and applied a conceptual framework for evaluating whether either party’s conduct or incentives should generate concerns about patent holdup or royalty stacking, analyzed the forms of consumer harm arising where those concerns were found to be valid, and proposed appropriate remedies and procedures for addressing the concerns. Testified on when it is consistent with the ITC’s public interest mandate to issue exclusion orders against firms said to be infringing SEPs (such as those necessary to comply with 3G and 4G mobile standards).