The Interplay Between Competition Law and Intellectual Property: An International Perspective
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Written by a range of authors including judges, regulators, academics, economists and practitioners in both fields, the book provides an international comparative perspective as well as detailed analysis of specific cases, policies and proposals for change. Among the issues and topics covered are the following:
– free movement of goods and the protection of intellectual property rights; – standard essential patents & injunction in patent cases; – intellectual property rights between technological development and consumer protection; – geo-blocking; – online platforms and antitrust; – excessive prices.In this context, special attention is paid throughout to the increasing dialogue among Competition Authorities and between Judges and Competition Authorities around the world. As matchless remedy for the lack of uniformity heretofore, the book's investigation of the nexus between competition law and intellectual property in different sectors and in various countries takes a giant step towards a more-balanced approach and more-levelled regulation and practices. It will be warmly appreciated by policy makers, decision makers, regulators, practitioners and academics in both competition law and intellectual property fields
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Gabriella Muscolo is a Commissioner at the Italian Competition Authority. As a former judge, she sat at the Specialist Section for intellectual property and competition law in the District Court of Rome and at the Court for Undertakings in Rome. She is a former member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office. She is Fellow of the Centre of European Law of King's College London and lecturer of Commercial Law at the School of Specialization for the Legal Professions at the University of Rome—La Sapienza. She also lectured at Italian and Foreign Universities such as Université de Strasbourg, CEIPI (Centre d'Etude International de la Propriété Intellectuelle), Technische Universitat Dresden, Universidad de Alicante, Queen Mary University, University of Washington, CASRIP (Center for Advanced Studies and Research on Innovation Policy) in Seattle and Waseda University in Tokyo. She publishes in Italian as well as in English in the fields of intellectual property and competition law. Among others, she coedited the volumes “Intellectual Property and Competition Law: a European perspective” and “The Pharmaceutical Sector Between Patent Law And Competition Law. An International Perspective” both for Kluwer International. She is also coeditor of the online Journal “Italian Antitrust Review.
Marina Tavassi is President of the Milan Court of Appeal and President of the Specialized Court of Undertakings of the second degree (specialized in IP, Company law and Competition law). She is also Professor (contract professor) of the Pavia University of the Studies for the course on Patents and Competition Law, starting from the academic year 2018/2019. On September 2017, she has been confirmed as Italian Member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office. Since June 2014 she is a member of the Expert panel for the Rules of Procedure of the Unitary Patent Courts. Before her appointment as President of the Milan Court of Appeal, she was President of the Industrial and Intellectual Property Division at the Milan Court of first instance. Joining the judiciary, she has always been involved in IP, as judge of the Court of first instance, then of the Court of Appeal, up to the Supreme Court, where she was Counsellor (judge) for five years. She has taken part in several seminars, as speaker and chairperson, in the field of IP and competition law, publishing numerous articles and monographs.
