Abstract
The paper tracks recent developments in the United States and EU competition systems with regard to the different policy tools used to address matters arising from the intersection of IP and competition policies. The analysis compares the enforcement and advocacy efforts carried out by the different antitrust agencies in the United States and EU.
This Article first traces how different authorities with antitrust mandates in the United States have dealt with the issue of balancing the rights of standard essential patent holders with innovation driven public welfare. This article then looks at how the antitrust authorities are using their antitrust statutes (e.g. Section 5 of the FTA Act, merger review provisions) to tackle IP-rights-related issues that have tenuous connections to competition concerns.
All of the above issues have been highlighted with the aim to bring attention to the spillover effects that these moves may have in the national, transatlantic and international context.
Recommended Citation
Mariana Lopez-Galdos,
p,
15
Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop.
441
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/ckjip/vol15/iss2/6