Competition and intellectual property in the European Union

Claude Crampes (1) , David Encaoua (2) , Abraham Hollander (3)

1 GREMAQ - Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative
2 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
3 UdeM - Université de Montréal

This article shows how European courts have managed tensions between antitrust and intellectual protection in three areas: (1) Parallel imports and market segmentation; (2) Refusals to supply essential inputs protected by patents and copyrights; (3) Forms of conduct by copyright collectives.

Mots clés: parallel imports; management of collective rights; licensing; essential facilities

Domaines: Economies et finances

Claude Crampes, David Encaoua, Abraham Hollander. Competition and intellectual property in the European Union. Robert Clarke and Eleanor Morgan. New developments in UK and EU competition policy, Edward Elgar, pp.202-231, 2006. ⟨halshs-00185295⟩