Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS: Senate antitrust subcommittee schedules hearing on standard essential patent disputes, (Jul 29, 2013)

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has scheduled a hearing, entitled “Standard Essential Patent Disputes and Antitrust Law,” for July 30, at 10:00 a.m.

Witnesses will include:

Douglas Melamed, a former antitrust chief at the Department of Justice who is currently Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Intel Corporation;

Donald J. Rosenberg, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Qualcomm;

Suzanne Munck, Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director at the FTC Office of Policy Planning; and

John D. Kulick, Ph.D., chair of the Standards Association Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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