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Intellectual Property and EU Competition Law By: Jonathan DC Turner Our price: 95 + postage Product code: 21070 ISBN: 1904501451 200 pages Format: Hb Published by: Richmond Law & Tax, 2006, 1st edition There are no reviews available for this book

Description of Intellectual Property and EU Competition Law

The interface between intellectual property rights and competition policy is one of the most important and difficult areas of EU economic law. The exploitation of exclusive rights can conflict with competition law, which aims to preserve competition as the driving force in efficient markets. These conflicts have to be resolved against the background of a complicated relationship between EU law, national laws and international treaties relating to intellectual property. There have been major developments recently in this area, including the new Technology Transfer Block Exemption, the Commission's Guidelines on Technology Transfer, and cases such as IMS and Microsoft concerning the circumstances in which exploitation of intellectual property rights is an abuse of a dominant position. This practical book contains a detailed explanation of the application of EU competition law to all types of intellectual property, including recent developments, and the resulting regulatory framework for the exploitation and licensing of intellectual property rights. READERSHIP This detailed and practical text written by a leading authority in the field constitutes an essential guide for all those requiring in-depth knowledge of the application of EU competition law to intellectual property, including legal practitioners, court and competition authority officials, academics and students.

Intellectual Property and EU Competition Law - Chapter headings

I. Exclusive rights and Community competition policy: A. Fundamental principles; B. Article 81; C. Article 82; D. Control of concentrations II. Technology: A. Overview; B. Technology transfer; C. Technology pools; D. Research and development; E. Specialisation and sub-contracting III. Culture: A. General approach; B. Collecting societies; IV. Branding: A. Overview; B. Franchising and merchandising; C. Distribution; D. Transfers; E. Resolution of conflicts V. Appendix: Selected legislation Index

Authobiography of Jonathan DC Turner

Jonathan Turner is a barrister at Stone Chambers, London and practices in the areas of intellectual property, competition and IT law and is the author of leading textbooks and numerous articles in these areas.