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Comment: In wifi probe, DOJ looks to conduct within standards body

By Leah Nylen and Joshua Sisco ( February 1, 2018, 19:48 GMT | Comment) -- The US Department of Justice is understood to be in the preliminary stages of investigating conduct related to a key wifi standard under development at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. The DensiFi probe is likely to be closely watched by all sides for hints at the DOJ’s priorities in the standard-essential patent space going forward.Soon after taking office last fall, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delrahim signaled a shift in the US Department of Justice’s thinking about patents essential to industry standards to focus more on "concerted action" within standards bodies that harms competition....

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