19. The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law

2015 ◽  
pp. 810-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Whish ◽  
David Bailey
2021 ◽  
pp. 807-851
Author(s):  
Richard Whish ◽  
David Bailey

This chapter considers the relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law. After a brief introduction, it deals in general terms with the application of Article 101 to licences of intellectual property rights. The chapter proceeds to discuss the provisions of Regulation 316/2014, the block exemption for technology transfer agreements. It also considers the application of Article 101 to various other agreements concerning intellectual property rights such as technology pools and settlements of litigation. This is followed by a section on the application of Article 102 to the way in which dominant undertakings exercise their intellectual property rights, including an examination of the controversial subject of refusals to license intellectual property rights which are sometimes found to be abusive. The chapter concludes with a look at the position in UK competition law.


Author(s):  
Sandra Marco Colino

This chapter discusses the relationship between competition law and intellectual property rights. Competition law may limit the ability to exercise intellectual property rights. Article 101 TFEU and Chapter I Prohibition may apply to agreements to license intellectual property, as well as pay-for-delay settlements between a patent holder and potential competitors. Article 102 TFEU and Chapter II Prohibition may apply to the use of intellectual property rights by a dominant undertaking, particularly when the protected asset is essential to third parties. The existence of intellectual property rights does not automatically confer a dominant position — the product or service may still face competition.


Author(s):  
Richard Whish ◽  
David Bailey

This chapter considers the relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law. After a brief introduction, it deals in general terms with the application of Article 101 to licences of intellectual property rights. The chapter proceeds to discuss the provisions of Regulation 316/2014, the block exemption for technology transfer agreements. It also considers the application of Article 101 to various other agreements concerning intellectual property rights such as technology pools and settlements of litigation. This is followed by a section on the application of Article 102 to the way in which dominant undertakings exercise their intellectual property rights, including an examination of the controversial subject of refusals to license intellectual property rights which are sometimes found to be abusive. The chapter concludes with a look at the position in UK competition law.


2005 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 189-210
Author(s):  
Imelda Maher

This article uses the issue of compulsory licensing of copyright to explore the relationship between intellectual property law (specifically copyright law) and competition law in the EU. It takes as its starting position the proposition that competition law is the ultimate restraint on the monopoly potential of intellectual property with intellectual property rights (IPR) located in competition law. However, it argues that it is too simplistic to cast the approach of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the IMS case purely as one of competition law being allowed to trump copyright. Instead, it sees the judgment as an example of doctrinal compromise for both legal subsystems with competition law placing limits on the invocation of copyright as the basis for a refusal to deal, while suggesting a remedy in the form of compulsory licensing which runs contrary to its conceptual roots in private law and notions of freedom of contract.


2005 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 189-210
Author(s):  
Imelda Maher

This article uses the issue of compulsory licensing of copyright to explore the relationship between intellectual property law (specifically copyright law) and competition law in the EU. It takes as its starting position the proposition that competition law is the ultimate restraint on the monopoly potential of intellectual property with intellectual property rights (IPR) located in competition law. However, it argues that it is too simplistic to cast the approach of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the IMS case purely as one of competition law being allowed to trump copyright. Instead, it sees the judgment as an example of doctrinal compromise for both legal subsystems with competition law placing limits on the invocation of copyright as the basis for a refusal to deal, while suggesting a remedy in the form of compulsory licensing which runs contrary to its conceptual roots in private law and notions of freedom of contract.


Author(s):  
Danai Christopoulou ◽  
Nikolaos Papageorgiadis ◽  
Chengang Wang ◽  
Georgios Magkonis

AbstractWe study the role of the strength of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law protection and enforcement in influencing horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms in host countries. While most WTO countries adopted strong IPR legislation due to exogenous pressure resulting from the signing of the Trade-Related Aspects of IPR (TRIPS) agreement, public IPR enforcement strength continues to vary significantly between countries. We meta-analyse 49 studies and find that public IPR enforcement strength has a direct positive effect on horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms and a negative moderating effect on the relationship between IPR law protection strength and horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-160
Author(s):  
Ciprian Raul Romiţan

The moral rights represent the legal expression of the relationship between the workand its creator; they precede, survive and exert a permanent influence on the economic rights.Moral rights are independent of economic rights, the author of a work preserving these rightseven after the transfer of its property rights.The right to claim recognition as the author of the work, called in the doctrine as the"right of paternity of the work" is enshrined in art. 10 lit. b) of the law and it is based on theneed to respect the natural connection between the author and his work. The right toauthorship is the most important prerogative that constitutes intellectual property rights ingeneral and consists of recognizing the true author of a scientific, literary or artistic work.


Author(s):  
Paul Torremans

This chapter discusses the enforcement procedures used in relation to intellectual property rights, the civil remedies that apply, and some issues which arise in relation to the gathering of evidence in intellectual property cases. It identifies three essential elements in the relationship between intellectual property rights and remedies. First, there are the traditional remedies headed by damages that are normally granted at the trial. Second, intellectual property infringement often requires immediate action or a pre-emptive strike. Finally, gathering evidence that is vital for the full trial in an infringement case.


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