Intellectual Property Licences and Technology Transfer : A Practical Guide to the New European Licensing Regime

Duncan Curley

ISBN 10: 1843340895 / ISBN 13: 9781843340898

Editore: Elsevier Science & Technology, Chandos Publishing, 2004

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This essential guide vital new changes by the European Commission to the law governing the enforceability of intellectual property licences in Europe. Agreements which contain the grant of a licence by one party to another of intellectual property rights are subject to European competition (anti-trust) laws. In particular, many agreements containing licences of patent rights and rights in confidential information and technical know-how are caught by Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty, which prohibits agreements between undertakings which prevent, restrict or distort competition in the Common Market. However, because licences of intellectual property rights usually facilitate the transfer of technology from one undertaking to another, and the licensor and licensee will often operate at different levels of the market, many licences of intellectual property rights may benefit from an automatic exemption under Article 81(3) of the EC Treaty. On 1 May 2004, this exemption is being radically overhauled, as part of the European Commission's drive to modernise European competition law. This book examines the changes in that legislation.

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• Titolo: Intellectual Property Licences and Technology Transfer : A Practical Guide to the New European Licensing Regime
• Editore: Elsevier Science & Technology, Chandos Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1843340895
• ISBN 13: 9781843340898
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 234 L x 156 A x 17 P (millimetri) 234 millimetri di larghezza per 156 millimetri di altezza per 17 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 610 grammi

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Riassunto

This essential guide vital new changes by the European Commission to the law governing the enforceability of intellectual property licences in Europe. Agreements which contain the grant of a licence by one party to another of intellectual property rights are subject to European competition (anti-trust) laws. In particular, many agreements containing licences of patent rights and rights in confidential information and technical know-how are caught by Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty, which prohibits agreements between undertakings which prevent, restrict or distort competition in the Common Market. However, because licences of intellectual property rights usually facilitate the transfer of technology from one undertaking to another, and the licensor and licensee will often operate at different levels of the market, many licences of intellectual property rights may benefit from an automatic exemption under Article 81(3) of the EC Treaty. On 1 May 2004, this exemption is being radically overhauled, as part of the European Commission's drive to modernise European competition law. This book examines the changes in that legislation.

Informazioni sull?autore

Dr Duncan Curley is a partner in McDermott, Will & Emery’s European Intellectual Property Practice Group. He regularly advises clients on intellectual property and licensing, and he has a particular interest in the interface between intellectual property rights and EC competition law. He has published widely in legal journals and national newspapers.