Rand Patents and Exclusion Orders: Submission of 19 Economics and Law Professors to the International Trade Commission

Authors

Colleen Chien, Santa Clara University School of LawFollow
Richard J. Gilbert, University of California - Berkeley
Carl Shapiro, University of California - Berkeley
Thomas F. Cotter, University of Minnesota Law SchoolFollow
Stefania Fusco, Stanford Law SchoolFollow
Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin Law SchoolFollow
Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of LawFollow
Dan L. Burk, University of California - Irvine
Daniel R. Cahoy, Pennsylvania State University - Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration
Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers University - Camden
Jorge L. Contreras, American UniversityFollow
Joseph Scott Miller, University of Georgia Law School
Michael Risch, Villanova UniversityFollow
Jason Schultz, University of California - BerkeleyFollow
Ted M. Sichelman, University of San Diego School of Law
Arti K. Rai, Duke University
Katherine J. Strandburg, New York University School of Law
Esther Van Zimmerman, University of Leuven
Christal Sheppard, University of Nebraska College of Law

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-9-2012

Abstract

In this comment to ITC Investigation 337-TA-745 (Certain Wireless Communication Devices, Motorola v. Apple) we, as teachers and scholars of economics, antitrust and intellectual property, remedies, administrative, and international intellectual property law, former Department of Justice lawyers and chief economists, a former executive official at the Patent and Trademark Office, a former counsel at the ITC Office of the General Counsel, and a former Member of the President’s Council of Economic Adviser take the position that ITC exclusion orders generally should not be granted under § 1337(d)(1) on the basis of patents subject to obligations to license on “reasonable and non-discriminatory” (RAND) terms. Doing so would undermine the significant pro-competitive and pro-consumer benefits that RAND promises produce and the investments they enable. A possible exception may arise if district court jurisdiction is lacking, the patent is valid and infringed, and the public interest favors issuing an exclusion order. We explain our position in the comment.

Automated Citation

Colleen Chien, Richard J. Gilbert, Carl Shapiro, Thomas F. Cotter, Stefania Fusco, Shubha Ghosh, Eric Goldman, Dan L. Burk, Daniel R. Cahoy, Michael A. Carrier, Jorge L. Contreras, Joseph Scott Miller, Michael Risch, Jason Schultz, Ted M. Sichelman, Arti K. Rai, Katherine J. Strandburg, Esther Van Zimmerman, and Christal Sheppard, Rand Patents and Exclusion Orders: Submission of 19 Economics and Law Professors to the International Trade Commission (2012),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/facpubs/435