The MTTLR Blog » announcements http://www.mttlrblog.org Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 European Union (EU) regulators drop Qualcomm investigation http://www.mttlrblog.org/2009/11/29/european-union-eu-regulators-drop-qualcomm-investigation/ http://www.mttlrblog.org/2009/11/29/european-union-eu-regulators-drop-qualcomm-investigation/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:43:24 +0000 aownbey http://www.mttlrblog.org/?p=409 European Union (EU) regulators closed their investigation of  Qualcomm Inc. after all of the companies accusing Qualcomm of charging excessive royalties on technology patents withdrew their complaints. In 2005, six technology companies filed complaints alleging that the royalties Qualcomm has charged since its patented technology became part of Europe’s 3G standard are unreasonably high. Two of the companies, Nokia and Broadcom, withdrew their complaints after reaching separate outside settlements. Ericsson said in a statement that it is withdrawing the complaint and continuing “its ongoing dialogue with competition authorities around the world in relation to Qualcomm’s licensing practices.” Since all complaints have now been withdrawn, the EU dropped its investigation and is focusing its resources elsewhere. Qualcomm still faces antitrust scrutiny elsewhere in the world. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission said in September that Qualcomm coerced Japanese mobile-phone makers into agreements that prevented them from asserting their intellectual property rights, impeding fair competition and ordered Qualcomm to rescind the restrictive provisions. Earlier this year Qualcomm was fined 260 billion Won ($220 million USD) by South Korea’s antitrust agency for deterring competition through unfair fees and is currently appealing the fine. While the EU closed its four-year old antitrust investigation without levying a fine, Qualcomm was not absolved of wronging and the investigation could be restarted if another complaint is filed.

]]> http://www.mttlrblog.org/2009/11/29/european-union-eu-regulators-drop-qualcomm-investigation/feed/ 1 New formats for the MTTLR Blog http://www.mttlrblog.org/2008/06/09/new-formats-for-the-mttlr-blog/ http://www.mttlrblog.org/2008/06/09/new-formats-for-the-mttlr-blog/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:34:00 +0000 admin http://www.mttlrblog.org/?p=35 To all our loyal readers:

As you may have realized, this blog is run by students from the University of Michigan Law School, specifically, the staff of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. We have been focusing our attention on lengthy posts with detailed substantive analysis, and are proud of the content and quality we have produced.

However, maintaining regular in-depth posting throughout the calendar year while still accommodating our members’ demanding school schedules has proven a bit challenging. Over this summer, we will be experimenting with some different post formats: short analyses of emerging technologies, link roundups on technology law topics, and a number of other styles. We will also continue with the longer, in-depth posts we have produced in the past. It is our hope that by mixing formats, we will be able to produce more content on a more regular schedule.

Please feel free to comment on this or other posts, as we experiment over the next few months!

Thanks,
-Nancy Sims-
MTTLR Blog Editor

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Legal scholarship has entered a new age. Thanks to the near-immediate distribution made possible by the internet, legal blogs have allowed more interactive, more responsive, and more timely discussions of important legal issues, and we at the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review believe it’s time to add our voices to the conversation.

The MTTLR Blog will be an online companion to the print version of our journal and, like any proper blog, will be updated multiple times a week while school is active. It will feature concise, thoughtful legal analyses by the MTTLR staff, as well as occasional guest posts from established academics, on topics including intellectual property, privacy, technology policy, telecommunications, and cyberlaw.

Our Fall 2007 posts will begin on Monday, October 22, and will include pieces on copyright and fashion, developments in the RIAA’s litigation campaign, and reliance of community policing legislation on technology.

Your feedback–both to content, and to the blog generally–are vital to our success, so don’t hesitate to make your voice heard. Please comment, e-mail student authors, and send any general questions or comments to our blog editor at mttlr.blog@umich.edu.

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