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Patents

Learn about the intersection of antitrust and patent law.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about the intersection of antitrust and patent law.

I.              Patents and Antitrust Law

Under the U.S. Constitution, the grant of patent monopolies is intended to encourage innovators to create new inventions that will benefit society. Inventors may receive patents for inventions that are novel, nonobvious, useful, and sufficiently disclosed.

Patent law and antitrust law sometimes strike an uneasy...

Lessons

    • 1. Welcome to Antitrust
    • Welcome to Antitrust
    2. The Origins and Economics of Antitrust Law
    3. The Scope of Antitrust Law
    • Interstate Commerce, Overseas Commerce, and Organized Labor
    • State Action
    • First Amendment and Other Immunities
    4. Horizontal Restraints
    • Defining the Market
    • Horizontal Agreements
    • Per Se Violations
    • The Rule of Reason
    5. Vertical Restraints
    • Vertical Agreements
    • Resale Price Maintenance
    • Vertical Market Allocation
    • Tying Arrangements
    • Exclusive Dealing
    6. Monopolization
    • Monopolies and Monopolization
    • Monopolistic Practices
    • Monopolization, Attempted Monopolization, and Conspiracy to Monopolize
    7. Price Discrimination
    • Pure Price Discrimination
    • Brokerage Practices and Promotional Allowance Discrimination
    • Liability and Affirmative Defenses
    8. Mergers and Antitrust Enforcement
    • Mergers
    • Merger Review
    • Antitrust: Private Rights of Action
    • Antitrust: Public Enforcement
    9. Global Competition Law and Patents
    • Global Competition Law
    • Patents
    • Patent Licensing