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Patents, Standards and Antitrust: Patent Pools
Mark H. WebbinkSenior Lecturing Fellow
Duke University School of Law
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History of Patent PoolsDOJ/FTC GuidelinesEU GuidelinesPatent Pools in the News
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History of Patent Pools
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1856The Sewing Machine Pool
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1890Sherman Antitrust Act
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1917Manufacturers Aircraft Association
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1945Hartford‐Empire
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1964International Manufacturing
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DOJ Nine No‐No’s (1960’s)• Tying• Assignment back• Resale restrictions• Horizontal restraints• Mandatory package licenses• Royalty provisions not tied to sales• Post‐sales restrictions• Minimum resale pricing
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1995DOJ/FTC Guidelines
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DOJ/FTC Guidelines
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Section 5.5Cross‐Licensing and Patent Pools
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Pro‐Competitive Aspects of Pooling:• Integrating complementary technology• Reducing transaction costs• Clearing blocking positions• Avoiding costly litigation• Promoting the dissemination of technology
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Anti‐Competitive Potential of Pooling:• Collective price restraints (per se)• Collective output restraints (per se)• Exclusion (rule of reason)• Arrangements discouraging R&D (rule of reason
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1997MPEG‐LA Business Review Letter
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MPEG‐LA Pool Activities:• Non‐exclusive license open to all• Solicit licensees• Enforce license agreements• Collect and distribute royalties
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MPEG‐LA Pool – Positive Aspects:• Option to license directly from holder• Open membership• Non‐discriminatory licensing• Limited to essential patents• Essentiality determined independently• Reasonable grantback provision
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1999Patent Pools and the Antitrust Dilemma
Steve Carlson
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1998Summit Technology/VISX Pool
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Summit/VISX Issues:• No independent licensing• No licenses to others• Price floor
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2007DOJ/FTC Guidelines Revised
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Suggested closer scrutiny of pools
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Primary Concerns with Patent Pools:• Horizontal restraints• Collusion• Discourage R&D and new product development
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Patent Pools – Pro‐competitive Attributes:• Only complementary patents• Limited to essential technology• Removal of invalid or unenforceable patents
• Non‐exclusive license with right to license independently
• Other non‐discriminatory attributes
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EU Guidelines
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Block Exemption excludes patent pools
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EU Revisions:• Pools still excluded from block exemption• Essential means both in producing a product and complying with a standard
• Pool safe harbor
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EU Patent Pool Safe Harbor:• Open participation in standard and pool creation process
• Only essential patent pooled• No exchange of sensitive information• Licenses to pool are non‐exclusive• FRAND terms to third‐parties• No prohibition to validity or essentiality challenges
• Allows R&D for improvements
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EU vs. U.S. Guidelines:• EU – all judged under rule of reason• EU more restrictive on grantbacks• EU adopting U.S. approach to licensee estoppel
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Patent Pools in the News
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Defensive Patent PoolsRPX
Allied Security TrustOpen Invention Network
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Pools Related to Major Portfolio Sales
Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility
Microsoft/Apple acquisition of Nortel patents
Apple/Oracle acquisition of Novell patents
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Medicines Patent Pool
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Biotech Patent Pools – Potential Concerns• Few industry standards• Patents tend to be both complementary and substitutional
• Need for licensing terms in advance of development/regulatory approval
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Expect more patent pools, especially in biotech
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐Greater recognition of pro‐competitive aspects
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐Continued monitoring for anti‐competitive effects