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Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Rights This page intentionally left blank Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Rights CASES AND MATERIALS CHRISTOPHER R. LESLIE 1 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2011 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press Oxford University Press is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 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You may order this or any other Oxford University Press publication by visiting the Oxford University Press website at www.oup.com For Tony This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments xix part one: the foundations of the intersection between antitrust law and intellectual property rights 1 1 A Primer on Intellectual Property Law 3 A. Patents 5 B. Copyrights 11 C. Trademarks 14 D. Trade Secrets 18 E. Other Forms of Intellectual Property 19 Comments and Questions 19 Bibliography of Additional Resources 21 2 A Primer on Antitrust Law 23 A. Sherman Act (1890) 25 Section One of the Sherman Act 25 Section Two of the Sherman Act 27 Monopolization 28 vii viii Contents Attempted Monopolization 31 Conspiracies to Monopolize 32 B. Clayton Act (1914) 33 Tying Arrangements 33 Mergers 34 Other Aspects of the Clayton Act 35 C. Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) 35 Remedies 35 Comments and Questions 36 Bibliography of Additional Resources 37 3 The Tension Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property 39 A. A Brief History on the Relationship Between Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Rights 39 Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. 44 Comments and Questions 46 B. The Relationship Between Intellectual Property and Market Power 46 DOJ-FTC Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property, Sec. 2.2 47 Illinois Tool Works v. Independent Ink, Inc. 47 Comments and Questions 54 Bibliography of Additional Resources 56 C. Antitrust Law and the Misuse of Intellectual Property 56 1. Patent Misuse 57 County Materials Corp. v. Allan Block Corp. 57 Comments and Questions 60 2. Copyright Misuse 61 Lasercomb America, Inc. v. Reynolds 61 Comments and Questions 64 3. Trademark Misuse 66 Bibliography of Additional Resources 67 Contents ix D. Economic Concepts 68 1. Price Discrimination 68 Note on the Robinson-Patman Act 70 Comments and Questions 71 2. Effi ciency 72 Thomas O. Barnett, Interoperability Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property 72 Comments and Questions 73 3. Networks Effects 73 U.S. v. Microsoft Corp. 73 Comments and Questions 83 Bibliography of Additional Resources 84 part two: the antitrust implications of unilateral conduct by intellectual property owners 87 4 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 89 A. Enforcement of a Fraudulently Procured Patent 89 Walker Process Equipment v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. 89 Comments and Questions 92 Dippin’ Dots, Inc. v. Mosey 94 Comments and Questions 99 Brunswick Corp. v. Riegel Textile Corp. 100 Comments and Questions 103 Bibliography of Additional Resources 104 B. Sham Litigation 104 CVD, Inc. v. Raytheon Co. 104 Comments and Questions 110 Note on the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine 111 Professional Real Estate Investors v. Columbia Pictures 113 Comments and Questions 118 Note on Filmtec Corp. v. Hydranautics 120
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