Antitrust and Patent Issues, Part 1

In our next two issues, compiled with Danny Sokol’s guidance, we’re diving into the murky waters of patents. We’re asking how to balance the need to protect competition with the desire to encourage innovation, and, in an obviously related question, how to compensate for others to use that innovation. Recent events have underscored the continuing turmoil in the field—the Ericsson and Qualcomm decisions; intensified discussion on royalties, including asking wh