Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-30-2016
Editor(s)
Roger D. Blair and D. Daniel Sokol
ISBN
9781107159136
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
Intellectual property law and antitrust have been described as conflicting bodies of law, and the reason is easy to see. Antitrust law aims to protect consumers from the consequences of monopolization. Intellectual property law seeks to enhance incentives to innovate by granting monopolies in ideas or expressions of ideas. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the purported conflict between antitrust and intellectual property. The chapter is largely descriptive, and focuses on current or developing litigation rather than historical controversies. Many of the modern examples of conflict can be attributed to problems of classification.
Recommended Citation
Keith N. Hylton,
Antitrust and Intellectual Property: A Brief Introduction
,
in
The Cambridge Handbook of Antitrust, Intellectual Property, and High Tech
81
(Roger D. Blair and D. Daniel Sokol ed.,
2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/191
Included in
Antitrust and Trade Regulation Commons, Consumer Protection Law Commons, Intellectual Property Law Commons
Comments
Published as: "Antitrust and Intellectual Property: A Brief Introduction," in Cambridge Handbook of Antitrust, Intellectual Property and High Tech 79, Roger D. Blair & D. Sokol, eds., Cambridge University Press (2017).