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

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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.
  • The legislation is completely new and there is therefore no existing book on the market
  • The change in the law will require an entirely new approach to the drafting of IP licences
  • The change in the law will require existing IP licences to be re-examined and possibly re-negotiated
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 30, 2004
ISBN9781780631455
Intellectual Property Licences and Technology Transfer: A Practical Guide to the New European Licensing Regime
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Duncan Curley

Dr Duncan Curley trained and qualified in the intellectual property department of a ‘magic circle’ law firm in London, eventually becoming a partner at the international law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery. He set up his own law firm – Innovate Legal – in June 2007, specialising in advice to companies operating in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. Dr Curley has appeared in a number of high profile cases throughout his career, including Lenzing v Courtaulds (judicial review of a decision by the European Patent Office), Bespak v 3M (patent revocation proceedings concerning metered dose inhalers) and BioProgress v Stanelco (patent dispute concerning drug encapsulation technology). He is the author of over fifty published articles and his first book – Intellectual Property Licences and Technology Transfer (published by Chandos) – is the leading practical textbook on the impact of European competition law on technology licensing and the block exemption.

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