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It’s Unfair! Non-price Exploitation in ICT Patents Licenses

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Main Authors: Galli, Niccolò, Botta, Marco
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springer 2023
Subjects:
TFEU
ICT
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-023-01287-x
https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9364
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spelling oai:localhost:PNK-93642023-09-29T03:14:14Z It’s Unfair! Non-price Exploitation in ICT Patents Licenses Galli, Niccolò Botta, Marco TFEU ICT CC-BY This paper analyses controversial patent licensing conditions in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector as “unfair trading conditions” under Art. 102(a) TFEU. It argues that the application of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation does not prevent the assessment of patent licensing conditions under Art. 102 if the licensor is dominant in the market. Hence, the article examines four categories of controversial licensing conditions in the light of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union under Art. 102(a): grant-back clauses, no-challenge clauses, portfolio-wide licenses, and contract term decoupled from patent validity. Developing old precedents in new application cases, the abuse-of-dominance analysis finds that each license clause is capable of anti-competitive exploitative effects, as much as offsetting justifications. As a result, the qualification of any such clause as “unfair” needs a case-by-case approach considering the overall content of the ICT patent licensing agreement. 2023-09-29T03:14:14Z 2023-09-29T03:14:14Z 2023 Book https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-023-01287-x https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9364 en application/pdf Springer
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ICT
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ICT
Galli, Niccolò
Botta, Marco
It’s Unfair! Non-price Exploitation in ICT Patents Licenses
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Botta, Marco
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title It’s Unfair! Non-price Exploitation in ICT Patents Licenses
title_short It’s Unfair! Non-price Exploitation in ICT Patents Licenses
title_full It’s Unfair! Non-price Exploitation in ICT Patents Licenses
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url https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-023-01287-x
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