Additional Amici Briefs Added to Rambus Group Page in FTC v. Rambus
The amici briefs of “Twenty Scholars,” Hynix, Micron and Nvidia, the CCIA and the American Antitrust Institute have been added to the Rambus group page on scribd.com. Click here for a recent post...
View ArticleFTC v. Rambus: the Issues in a Nutshell
I’d been planning to post a short summary of the legal issues in the FTC’s petition to the Supreme Court in the Rambus case, but I’ve noticed that Professor Michael A. Carrier of Rutgers University...
View ArticleNinth Circuit: Refusal to Allow Embedded Videos and Links in MySpace Not a...
You would think that in a capitalist economy the right of one business to to say to another “I don’t want to deal with you” would be close to sacrosanct. And, you would be right, with qualified...
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Rambus Files Its Opposition to Cert.; Gatehouse/New York Times Copyright Case...
[Update: the FTC did file a reply brief. Link here] All the briefs are in on the FTC petition for cert in its antitrust case against Rambus, (unless the FTC decides to file a reply brief, which is...
View ArticleJudge Stearns: No Market Power, No Illegal Tying
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Stearns has issued a summary judgment decision dismissing AVX Corp.’s claims of an an antitrust violation by Cabot Corporation, based on allegations of illegal tying...
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Free The Market! by Gary Reback
Gary Reback, famed antitrust/IP lawyer and long-time thorn in the side of Microsoft, has written a book entitled “Free The Market!”. The book will be released in mid-April and is available on preorder...
View ArticleA Blog Symposium, Hosted by Truth on the Market
Take a book: Innovation for the 21st Century, Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law, by Michael A. Carrier. Invite several IP and antitrust luminaries to comment on the book....
View ArticleWhither Antitrust?
A new administration often means a new approach to federal agency enforcement of the antitrust laws. And, a shift from Republican to Democrat often means more aggressive enforcement by the DOJ and...
View ArticleAntitrust, Followed by Anti-Anitrust Followed by ….
All of the news articles I’m seeing about how aggressive the newly appointed antitrust enforcers may be puts me in a mind to reminisce. When I graduated law school in 1979 I went off to what was then...
View ArticleGoogle's Antitrust "Charm Offensive" and Consumer Watchdog.Org's Response
Surely, Google doesn’t want to go through what so many dominant companies in the U.S. have had to suffer – government antitrust scrutiny, in the form of merger/joint venture challenges and even, God...
View ArticleBringing an Antitrust Suit Alleging an Illegal “Agreement” is More Difficult...
If you want to bring an antitrust suit based on an illegal agreement among competitors (say, a boycott), you face a possible Catch-22: you can’t get the evidence you need to prove an illegal agreement...
View ArticleU.S. v. Apple: Where Were the Lawyers?
All antitrust cases are tried twice – once before the appeal, and once after the appeal. anon __________________________ The district court decision in U.S. v. Apple presents about as clear a case of...
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