Intellectual property and antitrust : a comparative economic analysis of US and EU law / Mariateresa Maggiolino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maggiolino, Mariateresa.

Series:

New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property.

Antitrust law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This insightful book compares how the US and EU antitrust authorities have enforced Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and Article 102 of the TFEU against monopolists' practices involving intellectual property rights. The discussion comes in the wake of the great interest engendered by the interface between antitrust law and intellectual property rights, considering that the ongoing integration of markets pushes countries towards a harmonization of their legal systems. Mariateresa Maggiolino takes this inquiry forward by confronting the two jurisdictions' legal standards with current economic think

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword Herbert Hovenkamp; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Antitrust law, IPRs and economics: the leeway for policy choices; 2. Section 2 and Article 102(b): the antitrust roots of the antitrust - IP interface; 3. Ownership of IPRs; 4. Predatory system innovations; 5. Refusals to license IPRs; 6. IP judicial and administrative processes; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-07202-5

9786613072023

1-84980-963-1

OCLC:

713010142