US DOJ's Kallay sounds alarm on abuses in standards development, patent holdout (correct*)
By Khushita Vasant ( September 19, 2025, 00:00 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice remains vigilant about competition problems arising at the nexus of antitrust and intellectual property, with an agency enforcer sounding the alarm about standards developers misrepresenting their technological standard as being available under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms or missing FRAND assurances. Enforcers are also concerned about scenarios where there is a breakdown of the FRAND-assured standards development ecosystem, the antitrust official said.The US Department of Justice remains vigilant about competition problems arising at the junction of antitrust and intellectual property, with an agency enforcer sounding the alarm Thursday about standards developers misrepresenting their technological standard as being available under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms or missing FRAND assurances....
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