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Antitrust Enforcement and Promoting Innovation and Competition
Antitrust Enforcement and Promoting Innovation and Competition
Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice April 2007 This Report should be cited as: U.S. Dep't of Justice & Fed. Trade Comm'n, Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights: Promoting Innovation and Competition (2007).
www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/hearings/ip/222655.pdf www.ftc.gov/reports/index.shtm TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: THE STRATEGIC USE OF LICENSING: UNILATERAL REFUSALS TO LICENSE PATENTS CHAPTER 2: COMPETITION CONCERNS WHEN PATENTS ARE INCORPORATED INTO COLLABORATIVELY SET STANDARDS CHAPTER 3: ANTITRUST ANALYSIS OF PORTFOLIO CROSS-LICENSING AGREEMENTS AND PATENT POOLS CHAPTER 4: VARIATIONS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING PRACTICES CHAPTER 5: ANTITRUST ISSUES IN THE TYING AND BUNDLING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS APPENDICES
Acknowledgments: The Agencies thank the Hearings participants for the contribution of their expertise and time to this project. The Agencies also thank the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for participating in many of the panels at the Hearings. The Agencies thank the Competition Policy Center and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California at Berkeley for providing facilities to allow some of the Hearings to be held on the West Coast. Cover: The clip art on the cover was obtained under license from Microsoft Corporation. The image of Article I of the U.S. Constitution is from the website of the National Archives. Patent on front cover:
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