Competition law and patents a follow-on innovation perspective in the biopharmaceutical industry /

• Main Author: Haracoglou, Irina, 1981-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2008.
• Series: New horizons in competition law and economics.
• Subjects: Patent laws and legislation.; Pharmaceutical biotechnology > Patents.; Pharmaceutical biotechnology > Law and legislation.; Competition, Unfair.; LAW > Patent. > Intellectual Property; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Using the example of research tools in biopharmaceutical research and innovation, this book examines the complexities of the relationship two fundamental areas of law and policy - intellectual property rights and competition law. It suggests how competition law could be used to complement the patent...

Table of Contents:

• Biopharmaceutical R & D : the increased importance of cumulative innovation and related concerns
• The patent system as a system of balancing
• The patent system and some potential safety nets
• The right to health as an interpretive principle of patent law
• Unilateral conduct, IPRs and competition law : a systems' interaction
• The duty to deal under Art. 82 EC
• The duty to deal as applied to address technology access problems in the biopharmaceutical industry.