Intellectual Property and Antitrust: A Comparative Economic Analysis of US and EU Law (New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics series) - Hardcover

Maggiolino, Mariateresa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848443404 ISBN 13: 9781848443402

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

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 thinking, and discusses the policy suggestions that result.

In addition, topics that are usually treated separately are effectively combined. The legal analysis is frequently connected and compared to the past and present economic thinking and Mariateresa Maggiolino expertly embraces the historical, cultural and policy perspectives. This unique book will therefore prove enriching for academics and postgraduate students of law and industrial organization.

Contents: Preface by Herbert Hovenkamp; 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

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About the Author

Mariateresa Maggiolino, Assistant Professor of Commercial Law, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848443404
• ISBN 13: 9781848443402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288