$SFOR Antitrust limits complex patent settlements.

$SFOR Antitrust limits complex patent settlements. Patents, patent litigation, and patent settlements increasingly influence competition. Settlements of patent disputes may come in many forms, including but not limited to licensing and cross-licensing agreements, patent pools, mergers, and joint ventures.

While frequently pro competitive, such settlements can stifle competition and harm consumers. There is a specific antitrust rule that limits such settlements i.e. a settlement must leave consumers at least as well off as they would have been from ongoing patent litigation.

After establishing that profitable settlements satisfying this constraint generally exist, antitrust rule can be used to evaluate mergers, patent pools, and negotiated entry dates.

As court documents indicates , the ongoing settlement with Entrust & 6 other infringers are complex in nature, so the extension until Nov 10, will suffice buttoning up multiple agreements.

Patents disputes and settlement are always complex in nature. Without effecting consumers , royalties and licencing agreement comes in place in favor of Plaintiff.