By Dirk Auer & Julian Morris (International Center for Law and Economics) Thousands of patents underpin the technologies that power the digital economy. Coordination among firms developing and implementing these novel technologies has notably been facilitated in large part by Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs). Despite the evident benefits of standardization in general and SDOs in […]
According to a report from Nikkei, Japan’s antitrust regulator will craft rules for cross-sector partnerships in high-tech fields like automated driving and connected devices, seeking to prevent monopolies on big data and intellectual property. In planning conferences starting in December, the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s (JFTC) Competition Policy Research Center aims to clarify at what […]
October 2018 Recommendations Following the FTC’s October 2018 Hearings on IP and Innovation By Koren W. Wong-Ervin & Dr. Georgios Effraimidis1 Click here for a PDF version of the article On October 23-24, 2018, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held hearings on intellectual property (IP) and innovation as part of its broader ongoing hearings […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Overview of Intellectual Property Policy and Law of Korea in 2017 AHN, Hyo Jil (Korea University)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. I. OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND POLICY IN 2017 (1) In the field of industrial property rights, the most significant […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Overview of Intellectual Property Policy and Law of China in 2017 By LIU Chuntian1 & WANG Jiajia2 (Renmin University of China) Click here for a pdf version of this article. As China’s economic development enters into a new normal of speed change, structure optimization, […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network The Enduring Vitality of Comity in a Globalized World By Douglas H. Ginsburg & John Taladay Consideration of comity in antitrust cases is more important than ever. The global proliferation of competition law enforcement agencies has produced profound effects. Most are highly beneficial for consumers at a local level, but these […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network Judge Douglas Ginsburg Interviews Makan Delrahim on Intellectual Property and Antitrust By Douglas H. Ginsburg Makan Delrahim, the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), delivered the keynote address at the LeadershIP Conference on IP, Antitrust, and Innovation Policy, which was co-sponsored by Competition […]
Delrahim restores balance to antitrust treatment of SEPs By Willard K. Tom (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. In a recent open letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim,2 a group of former government enforcement officials and professors took aim at recent speeches of AAG Delrahim […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Introduction to the China-Korea IP & Competition Law Annual Reports By MRLC Staff The China-Korea IP & Competition Law Annual Report series (the “MRLC Annual Reports”) have been published by the China-Korea Market & Regulation Law Center (“MRLC”), co-founded by the ICR Law Center […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network On Unknown Opportunities and Perils: Reflections on Carrier and Minniti’s ‘Biologics: The New Antitrust Frontier’ By Thomas F. Cotter (University of Minnesota) In their forthcoming article “Biologics: The New Antitrust Frontier,” Michael Carrier and Carl Minniti predict what antitrust problems will arise from conduct on the part of biologic […]