A legitimate joint venture entails an efficiency-enhancing integration of economic activity and does not mask a cartel. Gregory J. Werden, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Although the pro-competitive effects of standard-setting are widely acknowledged, standardization also creates risks with respect to compliance with the antitrust rules. Hein Hobbelen & Tone Oeyen (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP)

Perhaps the main difference of opinions between Regibeau & Rockett and us is that we consider the patent thicket to be a real problem in many technology sectors, and one which leads to excessive strategic behavior and litigation. Lorenzo Coppi & Stefano Trento (Compass-Lexecon)

Introducing the CPI Antitrust Chronicle issue on technology licensing and transferâ€â€an issue that comes at a critical time. Paul Lugard (TILEC)

Striking the right balance in dealing with emerging issues at the intersection between competition and IPR's can present serious challenges. Damien Geradin & Hee-Eun Kim (Covington & Burling)

We were asked by DG Competition to provide an economic evaluation of the 2004 Technology Transfer Guidelines that would serve as an input into the formal review process initiated a few months ago. Pierre Régibeau (CRAI & Imperial Coll.) & Katharine E. Rockett (Univ. of Essex)

This no-injunction idea appears to spring from a serious misunderstanding of the nature of FRAND obligations. Hill Wellford (Bingham McCutchen)

Speaking most generally, courts have tended to deny injunctions when patentees have sought to block competitors from using SEPs while being more likely to grant them when seeking injunctive relief on non-SEPs. Michael Carrier (Rutgers)

The DOJ’s statement has caused some consternation, as it signals at the very least that the agency may be willing to use the merger review process to discourage a company’s lawful exercise of its intellectual property rights. Donald Falk & Christopher Kelly (Mayer...

We consider the relationship between antitrust policy and intellectual property protection under the condition of poorly enforced intellectual property rights protection. Andrey Shastitko & Alexander Kurdin (Moscow Lomonossov State Univ.)