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Platforms and Interoperability in Oracle v. Google
Software made by one firm often needs to work with software made by other firms. In Oracle v. Google, a federal court will consider whether copyright law will change to hinder software interoperability.
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Mark Lemley, Joseph Gratz |
2018 |
AT&T Shellacs the Government in Time Warner Merger Case
In June of 2018, United States District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled that government failed to provide enough evidence to enjoin the merger of AT&T with Time Warner.
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Randal Picker |
2018 |
The European Commission Picks a Fight with Google Android over Business Models
In 2018, the European Commission (EC) ordered Google to change the way its Android software was licensed. The EC’s decision pressures Google to change its business model to mimic Apple.
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Randal Picker |
2018 |
Licensing and Innovation with Imperfect Contract Enforcement
Weak enforcement of patent license terms might discourage licensor innovation, but encourages licensors to offer lower royalties, lowering consumer prices and promoting innovation by downstream producers.
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Richard Gilbert, Eirik Gaard Kristiansen |
2018 |
Tech Platforms and the Knowledge Problem
Critics question the size and scope of massive firms like Amazon and Google. “Jeffersonians” and “Hamiltonians” offer complementary policy strategies to counter the failures of digital capitalism.
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Frank Pasquale |
2018 |
Standard Setting Organizations and Standard Essential Patents: Voting and Markets
Some observers are concerned that standard setting unfairly benefits the owners of standard essential patents (SEPs). However, standard setting organizations (SSOs) usually choose rules that benefit all.
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Daniel Spulber |
2018 |
Stepwise Innovation by an Oligopoly
Antitrust authorities assess the effect of mergers on innovation. Sometimes, different economic models yield different predictions about the effects of competition on innovation.
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Richard Gilbert, Christian Riis, Erlend S. Riis |
2018 |
Understanding Online Markets and Antitrust Analysis
This paper considers the application of traditional antitrust analysis to online markets. This paper identifies several ways in which online markets differ from regular markets. Most online markets are multi-sided, and entry barriers are low.
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Daniel Sokol, Jingyuan Ma |
2017 |
Does Antitrust Have a Role to Play in Regulating Big Data?
This paper reviews studies that consider whether antitrust law should be used to regulate big data. Most conclude that such a use of antitrust law could harm innovation and consumers. Generally, the use of big data supports competition and benefits consumers.
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Daniel Sokol, Roisin E. Comerford |
2017 |
FRAND (And Industrial Policy) in China
Some patents must be licensed under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) empowers Chinese authorities to decide cases involving such licenses. Because the Chinese economy is so large, Chinese decisions will affect licensing worldwide.
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Daniel Sokol, Wentong Zheng |
2017 |