Tag: Patents
DOJ Merger Statement Renews Focus on Competitive Implications of Industry Standards
Donald Falk, Christopher Kelly, Apr 30, 2012
...The DOJ's statement has caused some consternation, as it signals at the very least that the agency may...
Facing New Challenges at the Crossroads Between Competition and Intellectual Property...
Damien Geradin, Hee-Eun Kim, Apr 30, 2012
The Free Trade Agreement between the European Union ("EU") and Korea has been provisionally in force since July...
Do We Need to Get Frantic About FRAND?
Hein Hobbelen & Tone Oeyen, Apr 30, 2012
For some time now, the concept of fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) has been a hotly debated...
Mergers with Dominant Firms: The Lundbeck Case
Herbert Hovenkamp, Dec 13, 2011
In Lundbeck the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision approving a merger of the only two drugs authorized to...
Intellectual Property Rights Protection Versus Antitrust: Tug of War?
Alexander Kurdin, Andrey Shastitko, Dec 13, 2011
In this paper we consider the relationship between antitrust policy and intellectual property protection under the condition of...
Innovation Market Theory and Practice: An Analysis and Proposal for Reform
Kent Bernard, May 20, 2011
Encouraging and/or preserving innovation in mergers and acquisitions have been critical factors in modern antitrust analysis. These aims have been justification for...
2025: Reverse-Payment Settlements Unleashed
Dec 16, 2010
The year is 2025. For the past two decades, brand-name drug companies have settled infringement lawsuits with generic firms by paying them...
Competition and Dynamics in Market Structure in Corn and Soybean Seed
Bruce Dahl, William Wilson, Apr 29, 2010
There has been a sharp increase in planting of genetically modified ("GM") crops in the past decade and...
The Second Circuit Cautiously Expands Walker Process Standing in In re...
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Charlene Jones, Aidan Synnott, Nov 25, 2009
In October 2009, the United States Court...
Review of Reverse-Payment Agreements: The Agencies, the Courts, Congress, and the...
Elai Katz, William Rooney, Nov 01, 2009
Two bills seeking to ban reverse-payment agreements are currently pending in Congress, and the European Commission has declared...
