We examine the intersection of patents and antitrust where a patentholder uses the monopoly power it possesses in the … patentedinvention. Economic theory suggests that it is inappropriate to immunizea patent holder from antitrust liability when it … innovations and their reluctance to second-guess themarketplace. However, applying traditional antitrust principles, courtshave …

aggressive antitrust oversight over further mergers and consolidations, assuring that more germ plasm is in the public domain …

restraints are antitrust violations and demonstrates that the economic justifications for merchant restraints are unfounded …

easily through the internet means they could easily form a cartel or conclude an agreement to restrain the free competition …. It has made possible for purchasers to form a cartel to decrease the input purchased and lower the price through the web …-based communication. The paper examines the competitive aspects of B2B from the view point of the antitrust law and analyzes oligopsony …

questions:(1) How does the existing antitrust-law in the United States, Germany, and the European Union affect the behavior of … relevant interestgroups? (2) Is it possible to improve the efficiency of the existing antitrust-laws in Germany and in the EU … by introducing an privat action clause comparable to the US-antitrust-laws? …

section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust act concerning the treatment of ET three times, oscillating between a "rule of reason … trades firms that are involved in ET related antitrust Litigation. When these firms win (lose) their own ET case, they …