A more economic and cross-jurisdiction study on patent pools

• Main Author: LIU, Kung-chung
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: IPR; Competition Law; Patent Pool; Patent Enforcement; More Economic Approach; Per Se Rule; Rule of Reason; Abuse of Dominance; Law and Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3114; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5072/viewcontent/SSRN_id2116151.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper traces the growing acceptance of the more economic approach to IPR and competition law in state practices, and summarizes its characteristics. It then compares how five jurisdictions weigh the IPR licensing agreements against competition law in the context of patent pools, which have beco...