000025795 000__ 02414cam\a2200505\i\4500 000025795 001__ 25795 000025795 003__ SzGeWIPO 000025795 005__ 20240708162154.0 000025795 008__ 080201s2009 xx |||||r|||| 00| 0 eng d 000025795 035__ $$a(wipo)0 000025795 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1158950624 000025795 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000025795 041__ $$aeng 000025795 043__ $$ae------ 000025795 050_4 $$aK21$$b.S85 000025795 08204 $$a343.072105$$220 000025795 084__ $$aCH 37 000025795 1001_ $$aKjolbye, Lars., 000025795 24510 $$aArticle 82 EC as Remedy to Patent System Imperfections :$$bFighting Fire with Fire? 000025795 264_1 $$a[Place of publication not identified] :$$b[Kluwer Law International (Alphen aan den Rijn, Países Bajos)],$$c2009. 000025795 300__ $$a1 volume ([26] pages) ;$$c[28] cm. 000025795 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000025795 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000025795 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000025795 4901_ $$aWorld Competition,$$x1011-4548 ;$$vJune 2009, Vol 32 No 2, pages 163-188 000025795 520__ $$aIt has been a well-established principle of EC competition law that there is no inherent conflict between competition laws and intellectual property laws. However, there are indications that this view is coming under pressure. The European Commission’s pharmaceutical sector inquiry has identified a toolbox of practices engaged in by originator firms, which allegedly aims at hindering or delaying generic entry or competition from other originators. A number of these practices involve the strategic use of patents. As sector inquiries aim at giving effect to Articles 81 and 82 EC, the Commission’s preliminary findings raise the question whether strategic patenting engaged in by dominant firms is caught by Article 82 EC and, if so, in what circumstances. This article discusses these questions in light of the existing case law on the application of Article 82 EC to refusals to license intellectual property rights, in particular the Microsoft case, which has extended this case law to patents. The article discusses in particular whether practices involving patent clustering, secondary patenting, and defensive patenting may be caught by Article 82 EC. 000025795 650_0 $$aAntitrust law. 000025795 650_0 $$aPatents$$zEurope. 000025795 650_0 $$aCompetition, International. 000025795 650_0 $$aForeign trade regulation. 000025795 650_0 $$aCompetition, Unfair. 000025795 650_0 $$aAntitrust law (International law) 000025795 650_4 $$aCompetition law$$xEuropean Commission 000025795 650_4 $$aPatents 000025795 650_6 $$aConcurrence$$xDroit. 000025795 650_6 $$aConcurrence internationale. 000025795 651_0 $$aEurope$$xCommerce$$xLaw and legislation. 000025795 903__ $$aWorld Competition. 000025795 904__ $$aJournal article 000025795 942__ $$cART$$2ddc 000025795 952__ $$w2010-05-14$$p2010-0426$$u39921$$bMAIN$$10$$kCH 37$$v2010-05-14$$zLibrary$$71$$cLibrary 000025795 980__ $$aBIB 000025795 999__ $$c28161$$d28161