Nicole Daniel is a partner at DLA Piper in Vienna, where she joined the litigation & regulatory department in 2010. Her main practice areas are civil litigation, banking/finance and competition law. Since October 2012 she is a fellow at the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum established by Stanford Law School and the University of Vienna School of Law. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Vienna School of Law (2015) and was awarded the Jean Monnet Prize for European Law 2016 for her doctoral thesis. Nicole Daniel wrote her doctoral thesis on the treatment of regulated networks in EU and U.S. antitrust law. She earned her LL.B. degree from King’s College London in "Law and German Law" in 2009. She regularly publishes in the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum’s newsletter.
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Apple and Qualcomm proceeding* In January 2017 Apple filed suit against Qualcomm over its allegedly abusive licensing practices regarding wireless patents. Apple filed patent, antitrust and breach of contract claims against Qualcomm; this could result in damages of billions of dollars. (...)
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U.S. Qualcomm Case Update: Privilege Assertions* On 22 March 2018, in a court hearing in the Qualcomm case, Judge Koh expressed her concern over possible abuses in asserting legal privilege over certain documents. In January 2017, the U.S. FTC sued Qualcomm, alleging that the company (...)
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U.S. FTC urges the Appeals Court to revive the Loestrin Suit* On December 7, 2015, during oral argument, the U.S. FTC urged the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to revive the Loestrin suit. The case concerns a so-called reverse payment settlement. In 2009 Watson Pharmaceuticals (...)
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Samsung/Apple update: Samsung will pay $548 million in patent damages to Apple* On December 3, 2015 Samsung and Apple submitted a joint filing in which Samsung agreed to pay $548 million in patent damages to Apple to satisfy a partial judgment. In August 2012, a jury had awarded $ 1.05 (...)
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Antitrust Suit against Black & Decker and others revived by Fourth Circuit* On 15 September 2015 the Fourth Circuit revived an antitrust suit against Black & Decker Corp and others which accuses them of conspiring to boycott SawStop LLC’s table saw safety technology. However, the (...)
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Reverse payments can be non-cash according to appellate judges* On 19 November 2014 in a hearing regarding the possible reopening of a lawsuit over whether GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) unfairly extended the monopoly on its drug Lamictal, an appellate panel of the Third Circuit suggested that (...)
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Two recent victories for Google in the United States* On 20 February 2015 a federal judge in California dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against Google alleging that it violated antitrust laws by requiring makers of Android tablets and smartphones to designate Google as the default search (...)
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Louisiana’s Attorney General sues GlaxoSmithKline over delay of generic nasal spray* In December 2014 Louisiana’s attorney general (AG) filed a complaint against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) alleging that GSK engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to delay the entry of a generic version of its (...)
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Apple e-books settlement gets final court approval* On 21 November 2014 US District Judge Denise Cote gave her final approval to a settlement of the Apple e-book class action. The class action against Apple arose from allegations that Apple and five publishers conspired on the publishing (...)
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Motorola Mobility won’t appeal the European Commission’s decision on patent licensing* Motorola Mobility (Motorola) has decided not to appeal the European Commission’s decision holding that it was abusing the way it licensed standard essential patents for mobile-phone standards. The (...)
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ZTE files antitrust complaint with the European Commission against the patent-licensing practices of Vringo* On 18 June 2014 ZTE Corporation (ZTE) announced that it filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Vringo Inc.’s (Vringo) patent-licensing practices. ZTE (...)
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Apple settles with U.S. states and consumers in the e-books price fixing case* According to documents filed in a New York court on 16 June 2014, Apple has reached an agreement in principle with state governments and consumers who filed a class-action lawsuit in the e-books price fixing case (...)
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General Court upholds the EU Commission’s decision against Intel* On 12 June 2014 the General Court published its decision in the Intel case thereby upholding the Commission’s 2009 decision finding that Intel had abused its dominant position and imposed a fine of EUR 1.06 billion. On 13 (...)
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U.S. FTC files an amicus brief in the Court of Appeal urging to reverse the District Court finding in the Lamictal Direct Purchase Antitrust Litigation* On 28 April, 2014 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed an amicus brief in the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the (...)
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U.S. DOJ closes its investigation of Samsung’s use of its SEPs* On February 7, 2014 the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a statement declaring that it closed its investigation into Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s (“Samsung”) use of its Standards-Essential Patent (“SEP”) portfolio to (...)
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U.S. District Court holds that Actavis requires monetary payments for antitrust scrutiny to be applicable* On January 24, 2014 U.S. District Judge William H. Walls dismissed an antitrust class action against GlaxoSmithKline LLC (“GSK”) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”) (...)
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New York Attorney General reaches agreement with “Patent Trolls” to bar deceptive practices* The prosecutor’s office announced that the New York attorney general (“NY AG”) Eric Schneiderman has reached an agreement with MPHJ Technology Investments LLC (“MPHJ”), a so-called patent troll, to (...)
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U.S. ITC reviews the ALJ’s entire initial determination in the LSI-Realtek 337 case* On 17 October 2013 the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a Notice determining that it will review the final initial determination (ID) issued by the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) of 18 (...)
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The second judicial determination of F/RAND rates* On 27 September 2013 the second judicial determination – after Judge Robart’s ruling in Microsoft v Motorola – on F/RAND royalty rates was handed down by Judge Holderman. Innovatio IP Ventures LLC owns several patents essential to the (...)
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U.S. District Court rules Apple colluded on E-Book Prices* On 10 July 2013 the District Court in Manhattan ruled in United States v. Apple Inc., et al that Apple conspired with five major publishers to raise prices on e-books. The publishers settled and denied any wrongdoing. However, the (...)
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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington makes determinations of RAND licensing terms* On 25 April 2013 Judge Robart issued the non-confidential version of his Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in the Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola Inc. case. This is the first time that (...)
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This decision by the Court of Justice concerns the interpretation of Article 2 of Commission Decision 1999/183/EC of 20 May 1998 regarding State aid granted on the basis of existing regional aid schemes for processing and marketing of German agricultural products. The preliminary reference (...)
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U.S. FTC files amicus curiae brief supporting generics’ claim in patent dispute* On 11 March 2013 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed an amicus curiae brief in the case Actelion Pharms Ltd. V. Apotex Inc. which is being heard in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey supporting (...)
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European Commission closes preliminary investigation into E5* On 7 March 2013 the European Commission announced that it had closed its preliminary investigation into E5, i.e. Europe’s five leading telecom operators (Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica, Vodafone and Telecom Italia), (...)
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U.S. DOJ and PTO issue policy statement on remedies for standards-essential patents subject to (F)RAND commitments* On January 8, 2013 the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a policy statement on remedies for (...)
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European Commission and U.S. Federal Trade Commission clear Universal’s acquisition of EMI’s recorded music business* On 21 September 2012 both the European Commission ( “Commission” ) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ( “FTC” ) cleared the acquisition of EMI’s recorded music business by (...)
