From the perspective of antitrust authorities, the multiplication of patents embodied in technology standards is a … source of concerns. Certainly it is necessary and efficient that patents owners derive a revenue from the use of the standard … particular industry - standards generate potential for market power far beyond the legal protection conferred by patents. Patent …

patents and the licensing of essential patents by the members of a Standard Setting Organization. Very often, patents serve to …In this paper the authors argue that the contemporary tensions between patents and competition no longer reside in the … create important conflicts between patents and competition on the product market, the technology market, and the innovation …

as illustrated in different settings such as the pooling of complementary patents and the licensing of essential patents …The contemporary tensions between patents and competition no longer reside in the traditional trade-off between the … this right. They rather result from three important distortions of the patent system that create conflicts between patents …

as illustrated in different settings such as the pooling of complementary patents and the licensing of essential patents …The contemporary tensions between patents and competition no longer reside in the traditional trade-off between the … this right. They rather result from three important distortions of the patent system that create conflicts between patents …

, distributors and end-users are based on copyright law. The proliferation of software patents can, however be seen as a threat for …

The sale of ideas (e.g. through licensing) facilitates vertical specialization and the division of labor between … the intensity of competition between potential buyers influence it. Empirical analysis of licensing contracts signed …

sufficiently high. Finally, we investigate a class of licensing agreements used to settle patent disputes between patent holders …