Organisation: USPTO

Biden administration and US antitrust agencies balance IP protection with competition concerns

Featured in Americas Antitrust Review 2024

The DOJ and FTC are discouraging injunctions and other exclusionary remedies favoured by standard essential patent holders as part of a significant shift in antitrust enforcement from the Trump to Biden administration.

25 August 2023

Volatile US executive policy landscape means uncertainty for injunctions in SEP litigation

Featured in SEP/FRAND Hub 2022/2023

The policy changes from the Trump administration to Biden’s presidency is representative of the flexibility of the SEP/FRAND legal landscape, sparking questions about whether the executive branch is a proponent, or opponent, of injunctive relief.

21 December 2022