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Antitrust and Patent Law
Alan Devlin
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Description for Antitrust and Patent Law
Hardcover. An invaluable practitioner guide to the interface between antitrust and intellectual property, examining the law in both the United States and the European Union. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; LAM; LNCH; LNRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Patents lie at the heart of modern competition policy. In the new economy, firms use them variously to protect their R&D, to bolster their market positions, and to exclude rivals. Antitrust enforcers thus scrutinize patentees to ensure that they do not use their intellectual-property rights to suppress competition. Today's antitrust lawyers must therefore navigate intellectual-property issues and advise clients on the procurement and assertion of patents. It is no easy task. In granting exclusive rights, patents have an uneasy relationship with competition law, which struggles in turn to apply policies developed in bricks and mortar industries to the world of ... Read more
Patents lie at the heart of modern competition policy. In the new economy, firms use them variously to protect their R&D, to bolster their market positions, and to exclude rivals. Antitrust enforcers thus scrutinize patentees to ensure that they do not use their intellectual-property rights to suppress competition. Today's antitrust lawyers must therefore navigate intellectual-property issues and advise clients on the procurement and assertion of patents. It is no easy task. In granting exclusive rights, patents have an uneasy relationship with competition law, which struggles in turn to apply policies developed in bricks and mortar industries to the world of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198728979
SKU
V9780198728979
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About Alan Devlin
Alan Devlin advises Commissioner Ohlhausen on antitrust and intellectual-property matters. Previously, he was a senior associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins LLP. He has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago, University of California Hastings College of Law, DePaul University College of Law, Trinity College Dublin, and University College Dublin. His publications include ... Read more
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