Essays about: "EC Competition Policy on Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights"

Found 2 essays containing the words EC Competition Policy on Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights.

  1. 1. Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights : With emphasis on the EC Commission's Decision COMP/C-3/37.792 Microsoft

    University essay from IHH, Rättsvetenskap

    Author : Fredric Kilander; [2005]
    Keywords : EC-law; EC Competition Law; Intellectual property law;

    Abstract : Recently, the potential conflict between intellectual property law and competition law within the European Union has become political as many of the Member States see the economic Holy Grail through the so called knowledge economy, an economy to which intellectual property is inextricable linked. The general rule in EC-law is that a holder of an intellectual property right is not obliged to license the use of that right to others. READ MORE

  2. 2. EC Competition Policy on Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Oscarsson; [2002]
    Keywords : Konkurrensrätt; EG-rätt; Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Both competition law and intellectual property law are considered good for economic efficiency, but the interface between the two legal fields is, and probably always will be, a complex area of law, since these legal areas in one sense can be said to strive for the opposite things. Intellectual property rights are considered public goods, which mean that it is hard to prevent others from using the goods without paying for it. READ MORE