And lastly, my fave topic of all: SEPs. Last night, @JusticeATR filed a letter with the 5th Circuit.
Some background: the Trump admin DOJ AAG Makan Delrahim had strong views on the intersection of antitrust and IP, views that contradicted those held by the Obama DOJ.
Under Delrahim, DOJ weighed in on a number of private #antitrust cases with "Statements of Interest" expressing views on antitrust-IP. One such case involved Continental Automotive, which had sued Avancii a patent company that owns SEPs needed for connected car tech
DOJ offered a statement of interest at the district court level justice.gov/atr/case-docum…
The district court dismissed the suit and it's now on appeal at the 5th Circuit. In a letter to the 5th Circuit last night, DOJ said it isn't planning to submit an amicus reupping the views it expressed at the district court 
Translation: without explicitly disavowing its earlier "statement of interest," @JusticeATR is suggesting the 5th Circuit not rely on that earlier filing as representative of its current views.
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