@article{27376,
      recid = {27376},
      author = {Lundqvist, Björn.},
      title = {Standardization under EU Competition Rules and US  Antitrust Laws : The Rise and Limits of Self-Regulation.},
      pages = {496 pages :},
      abstract = {Standardization under EU Competition Rules and US  Antitrust Laws is a comprehensive and detailed legal  analysis of standard-setting procedure and the regulation  of standard essential patents. It deals with the  competition law aspects of competitors' collaboration to  create technical standards, as well as the contentious  antitrust issues regarding access to standards and standard  essential patents. The book shows that there is a clear  difference between how standardization is scrutinized and  judged in the two jurisdictions. In general, US courts use  intellectual property law to address access to standard  essential patents, while European courts utilize antitrust  rules. Both avenues hold their specific benefits and  disadvantages. However, the dichotomy between the tools  used in the two jurisdictions also, according to the  author, mirror a more fundamental change in attitude to  central notions and values such as property, fairness,  equity, public interest and competition. Offering in-depth  analysis of the case law currently being written in  courtrooms all over the world under the so-called 'patent  war', the book puts forward a new method for applying  competition law to standards and standard-setting - in both  its collusive and monopolistic aspects - that will be of  special interest to students, academics and practitioners.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/27376},
}