Title: Antitrust Considerations in Innovation-Driven Markets
Abstract: T he impact of antitrust on innovative activity has never been a more timely topic than it is today. During the past few years, the federal antitrust enforcement agencies have taken an interest in competition in the sphere of innovation as an area with which the antitrust laws should be concerned. The government has brought several cases over the past few years based on theories that certain proposed transactions, usually mergers and acquisitions, would lead to a reduction in innovation activity if allowed to go forward. And two weeks ago, the government unveiled new antitrust enforcement guidelines for intellectual property licensing that focus extensively on innovation competition. I will divide this presentation into two parts. In the first part, I will discuss the treatment of innovation in the new intellectual property guidelines and recent government antitrust enforcement cases in the intellectual property area. In the second part, I will focus on the subject of collaborations among competitors, through joint ventures, in the research and development and production of new products and processes.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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