Intellectual Property Rights, External Effects and Anti-Trust Law Leveraging IPRs in the Communications Industry

Name: Intellectual Property Rights, External Effects and Anti-Trust Law Leveraging IPRs in the Communications Industry
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ISBN: 9780199254286

ISBN-10: 0199254281

ISBN-13: 9780199254286

Edition: 2003

Authors: Ilkka Rahnasto

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The interplay between intellectual property protection and antitrust rules in the communications industry is examined in this timely book, with particular focus upon the role of externalities in that interplay. There is substantial discussion of the innovation process and of how companies leverage their intellectual property rights in order to obtain market leadership. Particular emphasis is also placed upon how legal doctrines have developed to cope with these issues, and relatedeconomic analysis is also discussed.

Book details

List price: $245.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/10/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.49" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English




Introduction



How the tension between intellectual property protection and antitrust laws is balanced



Introduction



Supremacy of antitrust laws



Supremacy of intellectual property laws



Theory based on the scope of exclusive rights



Intellectual property rights as property



Cost-benefit theories



External effects and balancing theories



Introduction



Balance between intellectual property rights, competition and external effects in network-based value chain



External effects theory applied



Relevance of addressee/impact combination



Relevance of chosen action



Intellectual property and effects of technical design



Relevance of totality of circumstances



Fragmentation problem



Fragmentation and success of new products



Fragmentation problem introduced



The problem of anticommons in the communications industry



External effects of intellectual property rights in technology adoption



Tipping of scale



Technology adoption re-examined: standardization



Conclusions