Antitrust emerged in the 1950s and became dominant in the US. We show the extent to which economic objectives and theoretical … views shaped antitrust laws in their inception. After establishing the minor influence of economics in the promulgation of … US competition laws, we then highlight US economists' very cautious views about antitrust until the Second New Deal. We …

entre la vieille loi des patents et la toute nouvelle législation antitrust. Les différentes expériences dans l …

From the perspective of antitrust authorities, the multiplication of patents embodied in technology standards is a … that have fueled antitrust debates and economic research during the last decade. On the one hand, patent owners may be … conditions, patent pools should be accepted by antitrust authorities. On the other hand, patent owners may be tempted to …

the gap in the theoretical literature concerning mergers in pharmaceutical markets. To prevent generic firms from … duopoly model by considering the pseudo-generics production as a mergers' catalyst. We show that a brand-name company always …