This article examines the interweaving borders between patent law and competition law. Despite the existence of certain … the scope of the two intellectual property exemptions in the Commerce Act 1986 and juxtaposes these against the Patents … existence of patents and exclusive rights. The article then addresses a review of section 36 of the Commerce Act (that deals …

to license all its existing patents royalty-free. The compulsory licensing increased follow-on innovation building on … Bell patents by 17%. This effect is driven mainly by young and small companies. Yet, innovation increased only outside the …We study the 1956 consent decree against the Bell System to investigate whether patents held by a dominant firm are …