Markets for technology: big hopes and … big difficulties
(Original publication: October 2010; updated in November 2012) It is widely agreed that one of the main economic roles of IP law is to create exclusive rights: exclusivity allows innovators to...
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View ArticleThe Premier League case: not the last case on internal market restrictions...
In the Premier League case, the Court of Justice of the EU (Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08) is asked to give a preliminary ruling on several questions asked by the UK High Court of Justice in relation to...
View ArticleRéforme du droit d’auteur au Royaume-Uni : vers un changement de dynamique ?
Quand on soutient une approche équilibrée du droit d’auteur, on a rarement l’occasion de rapporter de bonnes nouvelles. Celle-ci en est une : le gouvernement britannique a annoncé une réforme visant...
View ArticleThe smartphone patent wars and competition policy
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View ArticleThe smartphone patent wars: nothing really surprising…
(This is an updated and slightly modified version of this post, published on April 25, 2012.) In April 2012, Lucy Koh, a US District Court Judge, tried to force a truce on one of the fiercest fronts...
View ArticleDo patent rights facilitate or impede cumulative innovation?
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View ArticleIncumbents and the sharing economy: the example of GM
© Deloitte, 2015: The sharing economy. It is safe to say that the automotive industry experiences some turmoil; cars themselves, as well as the way we are using them, are changing profoundly....
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