Six industry associations want the Justice Department’s antitrust chief to reconsider his view that antitrust law shouldn’t apply to holders of patents that are essential to industry technology standards.
“Antitrust law has an important role to play in addressing the problem of hold-up by SEP (standard essential patent) holders,” according to a May 30 letter and report issued by the groups, which represent retail, auto and technology companies like Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., and Ford Motor Co.
The report spotlights an escalating debate about comments in recent speeches by Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general for the department’s antitrust division. ...
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