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6 Criterion J. on Innovation 1 (2020)

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J O      U   R N      A   L       O    N       IN      N    O   V A T I O            N
VOL. 6                               +             +                          2020
Monopoly, Innovation, and Due Process:
FTC v. Qualcomm and the Imperative to Destroy
j Gregory Sidak*
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 32
A. Mobile Communications and Standard-Essential Patents ...................36
B. The FTC's Case Against Qualcomm-------------------...............................39
C. Judge Koh's Apparent Resources, Patience, Attention, and
Temperament at Trial in January  2019 ..................................................42
I. The Apparent Constraints on Judge Koh's Time and
Institutional Resources--------------------------.....................................43
2. Reading Judge Koh's Derogatory Statements Toward
Qualcomm's Lawyer in Light of the Code of Conduct for
United States Judges .......................................................................45
3. Judge Koh's Decision to Forgo Further Submissions on Facts
or Law.............................................................................................48
4. Judge Koh's Apparent Confusion About Patent Exhaustion-.----------50
5. Was Qualcomm Blameworthy for Pursuing Its Preferred
Strategy to Defend Against the FTC's Allegations?-------------............ 53
6. Wi-Fi in the Courtroom and the Value of Cellular Broadband ........54
7. Was Judge Koh's Eventual Opinion Attentive to the Testimony
Presented at Trial?...........................................................................56
D. Professor Carl Shapiro's Role as the FTC's Expert Economic
Witness ............................................................................................ 58
E. What Patents Did Qualcomm License, and What Were the
Supposedly Unreasonably High Royalties Actually Paid for an
Exhaustive License to Qualcomm's Portfolio of Cellular SEPs? .......... 6o
* A.B. 1977, A.M., J.D. 1981, Stanford University Chairman, Criterion Economics, Washington, D.C.
Email: jgsidak@criterioneconomics.com. Copyright 2020 by J. Gregory Sidak. All rights reserved.
For Richard Posner-scholar, jurist, mentor, friend.
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