Tag: SSOs
Technology Licensing: Evolving Antitrust Standards in the Smartphone and Other Sectors?
Paul Lugard, Apr 30, 2012
Antitrust review of business transactions involving intellectual property has never been entirely undisputed. On the one hand, there is a...
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...
Some Observations on the Treatment of Standardization Agreements in the EC...
Mathew Heim, Feb 11, 2011
Guidelines issued by the European Commission can provide an important complement to the modernization of Europe's competition regime. Instituted by...
The Standard Setting Process and the European Commission’s Draft Horizontal Guidelines
Julia Holtz, Tero Louko, Sep 15, 2010
This brief commentary focuses on the section on Standardization Agreements in the Draft Guidelines (mainly paragraphs 269 -...
Comments to the Commission’s Draft Horizontal Guidelines”Standardization
Anne Layne-Farrar, Jorge Padilla, Sep 15, 2010
This brief paper sets out our comments on Section 7 of the Draft Guidelines on the applicability of...
The Impact of the Draft EC Horizontal Guidelines on Intellectual Property...
Richard Taffet, Sep 15, 2010
The European Commission's Draft Guidelines on the Application of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European...
Why the Supreme Court Was Correct to Deny Certiorari in FTC...
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Joshua Wright, Mar 26, 2009
In November 2008, the Federal Trade Commission petitioned the...
Standards and Market Power
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Nicholas Banasevic, Cecilio Madero, May 16, 2008
Standards play an increasingly significant role in...
The Importance of Antitrust in Standard Setting
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Mark Nelson, May 12, 2008
Ensuring the interoperability of products can be critical to...
Standard-Setting Policies and the Rule of Reason: When Does the Shield...
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Jennifer Driscoll, May 06, 2008
The rewards and pitfalls of standard setting conjure images...