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Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property (USA)
Submitted by Tom on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 16:25Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice(*1) and the Federal Trade Commission
April 6, 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Intellectual property protection and the antitrust laws
2. General principles
2.1 Standard antitrust analysis applies to intellectual property
2.2 Intellectual property and market power
2.3 Procompetitive benefits of licensing
3. Antitrust concerns and modes of analysis
3.1 Nature of the concerns
3.2 Markets affected by licensing arrangements
3.2.1 Goods markets
