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Wondering about a) antitrust issues with that and b) standing to file the IPR from an entity such as an association. (Question, not a statement to which I know
by larrys 14y ago
Wondering about a) antitrust issues with that and b) standing to file the IPR from an entity such as an association.
(Question, not a statement to which I know the answer.)
- freehunter 14y agoA way to get around b) would be to have the association merely provide financial help, or possibly have the association be a group of lawyers such as the EFF where they will represent the company who does have standing to sue.
- arbuge 14y agoI don't see the relevance of either. Antitrust deals with breaking up colossal monopolies like AT&T and Standard Oil... not sure how that relates to this in any way. IPRs are a new concept to me, but I don't see why any entity can't challenge the validity of any patent. If there's a problem with that, which I doubt, the company receiving the troll attack could presumably be the challenger, with the association reimbursing its fees.
- larrys 14y ago"Antitrust deals with breaking up colossal monopolies like AT&T and Standard Oil." Not true there is also collusion to consider, price setting, dividing markets etc. For example web hosting companies can't band together to set pricing or to determine certain things as a group. (Obv. companies get together to set standards etc and other things). I'm just raising the issue but I know this from back at the beginning of ICANN registrars we had to be concerned with what we did and what we said to each other when we had group meetings on the advice of attorneys in our registrars constituency. And I'm not saying that the lawyers weren't over reaching or that particular behaviors had merit I'm merely mentioning it as a point of discussion and consideration.