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1. 1. Patent misuse and ‘sham’ - Development of new principles under EU competition law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Ola Rickardsson; [2010]
   Keywords : Walker Process; Sham; Competition law; Article 102 TFEU; Noerr-Pennington; ITT Promedia; AstraZeneca; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis takes its stance in the AstraZeneca judgment from the General Court and the latest developments in EU competition law and compares these with the equivalent standards of US antitrust law. Focus is on similarities and divergences between the EU application of competition law and the more developed doctrines of Walker Process and Noerr-Pennington in the US. READ MORE

3. 2. The CFI in Microsoft - Consumer Welfare, Network Externalities & the Goal of Competition Policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Ola Rickardsson; [2008]
   Keywords : Competition; Microsoft; article 82; Consumer welfare; Network externalities; Juridical science; Rättsvetenskap; juridik; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay aims at interpreting the legal standards of consumer benefits in the CFI judgment Microsoft v Commission with regard to refusal to supply interoperability information and tying of Windows Media Player. In the refusal to supply part of the thesis it concludes that the Commission’s findings are sound and that Microsoft’s behavior had a negative effect on consumer welfare. READ MORE