Mergers and New Technologies
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | mergers;; new technologies; high-tech industries; competition law |
| Description | Some typical examples of merger-related abuse of intellectual property rights are described and basic methods of assessing mergers are compared, namely the market dominance test, the test of substantial lessening of competition and the test of productivity growth standard. The suspicion is expressed that short-term productive efficiency is now mostly preferred to long-term innovative efficiency. The more conservative and less productivity-growth oriented approach seems to prevail. The conclusion pleads for a more lenient assessment of mergers in high-technology industries compared to industries that have entered their stable phase. |
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