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DOJ Withdraws Assent to Key IP Policy
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DOJ Withdraws Assent to Key IP Policy
April 1, 2019
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Winston & Strawn attorney Susannah Torpey co-authored an article for the Spring 2019 issue of Today’s General Counsel, titled “DOJ Withdraws Assent to Key IP Policy.”
In a December 2018 speech before the Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, head of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, announced that the DOJ has withdrawn its assent to the 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary FRAND Commitments (the Joint DOJ/USPTO Policy). He elaborated upon the DOJ’s enforcement approach to standard setting organizations (SSOs).
