This article explores whether and how we may leverage antitrust law to calibrate the exploitation of intellectual property (“IP”) rights – e.g., IP licensing –to facilitate needed access to essential technologies. The motivation of the article is to help developing countries find an...

Economic growth depends in large part on technological change. Laws governing intellectual property rights protect inventors from competition in order to create incentives for them to innovate. Antitrust laws constrain how a monopolist can act in order to maintain its monopoly in an attempt to...

Die Arbeit behandelt unter Einbeziehung wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse die immer relevanter werdende kartellrechtliche Behandlung innovativer Märkte nach Art. 82 EG (Art. 102 AEUV). Dazu werden Grundsätze entwickelt, die für die einzelnen Tatbestandsmerkmale des Art. 82 EG (Art....

Microsoft v. Commission indicates a shift in competition policy at the expense of protections for intellectual property. The case applies "essential facilities" arguments to Microsoft's server operating system and "tying" arguments to its Windows Media Player. The dynamic effects of Microsoft v....

A proposal for moving from price-centric to innovation-centric competition policy, reviewing theory and evidence on economic incentives for innovation. Competition policy and antitrust enforcement have traditionally focused on prices rather than innovation. Economic theory shows the ways that...