Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property

Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property
Author: U. S. Department Of Justice
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780353177758

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The Federal Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property

The Federal Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property
Author:
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2002
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590310793

This is the second edition of the Antitrust Section's handbook on the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission's Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property. Like its predecessor, this volume provides a description of the enforcement agencies' antitrust policy with respect to the licensing of patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and know-how. It also is updated to reflect the pertinent developments since the agencies issued their Guidelines seven years ago. Since 1995, the agencies have initiated a wide variety of enforcement actions involving intellectual property and have pursued claims ranging from alleged price fixing among patent holders to allegedly anticompetitive settlements of infringement litigation. This book discusses these enforcement actions and the recent judicial decisions in this area and also provides some historical perspective on the agencies' current policy with respect to the licensing of intellectual property. The book includes the complete text of the 1995 Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property.

Antitrust, Patents, and Copyright

Antitrust, Patents, and Copyright
Author: François Lévêque
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781781008041

In modern markets innovation is at least as great a concern as price competition. The book discusses how antitrust policy and patent and copyright laws interact to create market dynamics that affect both competition and innovation. Antitrust and intellectual property policies for the most part are complementary, sharing common goals of promoting innovation and economic welfare. In some cases, however, their distinct approaches, one based on competition and the other on exclusion, come into conflict. As antitrust authorities focus increasingly on ensuring that firms do not interfere with innovation by rivals or impede the pace of technological progress in an industry, they necessarily must confront difficult questions about the strength and scope of intellectual property rights. When should private property rights give way to public competition objectives? When is it appropriate to remedy anticompetitive outcomes through access to protected intellectual property? How does antitrust enforcement or competition itself affect incentives to innovate? Leading economists and lawyers address these questions from both US and EU perspectives in discussing salient antitrust cases involving intellectual property rights such as Microsoft, Magill, Kodak, IMS and Intel.

Complications and Quandaries in the ICT Sector

Complications and Quandaries in the ICT Sector
Author: Ashish Bharadwaj
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2017-10-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9811060118

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. With technology standards becoming increasingly common, particularly in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, the complexities and contradictions at the interface of intellectual property law and competition law have emerged strongly. This book talks about how the regulatory agencies and courts in the United States, European Union and India are dealing with the rising allegations of anti-competitive behaviour by standard essential patent (SEP) holders. It also discusses the role of standards setting organizations / standards developing organizations (SSO/SDO) and the various players involved in implementing the standards that influence practices and internal dynamics in the ICT sector. This book includes discussions on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms and the complexities that arise when both licensors and licensees of SEPs differ on what they mean by “fair”, “reasonable” and “non-discriminatory” terms. It also addresses topics such as the appropriate royalty base, calculation of FRAND rates and concerns related to FRAND commitments and the role of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in collaborative standard setting process. This book provides a wide range of valuable information and is a useful tool for graduate students, academics and researchers.

Technology Transfer and the New EU Competition Rules

Technology Transfer and the New EU Competition Rules
Author: Steven D. Anderman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The new Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (in force from May 1, 2004) signals a profound change in the nature of the regulatory framework for technology licensing under EU competition law. This book examines the new Regulation in detail, placing it in the wider context of: (i) the modernisation reforms of EC competition law; and (ii) the treatment of IP rights over technology more generally. The book also considers the approach to assessment of IP issues set out in the Guidelines that accompany the Regulation; the authors discuss their legal basis and, where appropriate, criticise the approach taken by the Guidelines where the legal basis is unsure.

Successful Technology Licensing

Successful Technology Licensing
Author: World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher: WIPO
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014-07-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9280526332

This Manual focuses on issues essential for understanding licensing, including: the context in which licensing may occur; key terms of a licensing agreement and negotiation methods; and how to prepare for and negotiate a win-win licensing contract.

Intellectual Property Licensing

Intellectual Property Licensing
Author: Richard Raysman
Publisher: Law Journal Seminars Press
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2019-08-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781588520869

Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis is a comprehensive collection of forms, checklists and agreements designed to help attorneys deal with virtually any intellectual property licensing issue.