TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haracoglou,Irina
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - Competition law and patents: a follow-on innovation perspective in the biopharmaceutical industry 
T2  - New horizons in competition law and economics
SN  - 9781848440111
AV  - K1575 .H37 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cheltenham 
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Patent laws and legislation
KW  - Pharmaceutical biotechnology
KW  - Patents
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Competition, Unfair
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-238) and index; 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
N2  - Using the example of research tools in biopharmaceutical research and innovation, this book examines the complexities of the relationship between two fundamental areas of law and policy - intellectual property rights and competition law. It addresses a question that is certain to become paramount in other industries also: how to strike the balance between initial and follow-on innovation so as to ensure that access to 'essential' research tools (or other fundamental elements to follow-on innovation) is not impeded. The book concludes by suggesting how competition law could be used to complement the patent balance
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847205995.xml
ER  -