Digital Rights Management Systems and Competition : What Developments within the Much Debated Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law? / Magnani, P.

Digital Rights Management Systems and Competition : What Developments within the Much Debated Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law? / Magnani, P.

Journal article

1 volume ([35] pages) ; [28] cm.

DE 34 2008 Vol 39 No 1

Within the ever-green debate "competition law versus intellectual property law" there is also room for the analysis of new and controversial tools such as the Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems[1] as they do seem to affect competition for better or worse. As a matter of fact, the adoption of DRM systems has been spreading, and they are currently implemented in an increasing number of sectors. This phenomenon has consequences on competition within traditional markets as well as in the creation of new markets.

International Review Of Intellectual Property And Competition Law (IIC) ; DE 34 2008 Vol 39 No 1 pages 83-118.

[Heidelberg, Germany] : [Springer], 2008.

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