Antitrust in pharmaceutical markets & geographical rules of origin

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This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in the field of antitrust and intellectual property.The first part discusses the application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector, which continues to be a focus for anti-trust authorities around the world. A detailed international report explores the extent to which the application of the competition rules in the pharmaceutical sector should be affected by the specific characteristics of those products and markets (including consumer protection rules, the need to promote innovation, the need to protect public budgets, and other public interest considerations). It provides an excellent comparative study of this complex subject, which lies at the interface between competition law and intellectual property law.The second part of the book gathers contributions from various jurisdictions on the topic of “What rules should govern claims by suppliers about the national or geographic origin of their goods or services?” This section presents an international report, which offers an unparalleled comparative analysis of this topic, bringing together common themes and contrasting the various national provisions dealing with indications of origin, amongst other things.The book also includes the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) following a debate on each of these topics, which include proposed solutions and recommendations. The LIDC is a long-standing international association that focuses on the interface between competition law and intellectual property law, including unfair competition issues. Read more... Abstract: This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in the field of antitrust and intellectual property.The first part discusses the application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector, which continues to be a focus for anti-trust authorities around the world. A detailed international report explores the extent to which the application of the competition rules in the pharmaceutical sector should be affected by the specific characteristics of those products and markets (including consumer protection rules, the need to promote innovation, the need to protect public budgets, and other public interest considerations). It provides an excellent comparative study of this complex subject, which lies at the interface between competition law and intellectual property law.The second part of the book gathers contributions from various jurisdictions on the topic of “What rules should govern claims by suppliers about the national or geographic origin of their goods or services?” This section presents an international report, which offers an unparalleled comparative analysis of this topic, bringing together common themes and contrasting the various national provisions dealing with indications of origin, amongst other things.The book also includes the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) following a debate on each of these topics, which include proposed solutions and recommendations. The LIDC is a long-standing international association that focuses on the interface between competition law and intellectual property law, including unfair competition issues Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 International Report (Stephen Dnes)....Pages 3-31 Australia (Julie Clarke, Barbora Jedličková)....Pages 33-68 Austria (Gerhard Fussenegger, Rainer Schultes)....Pages 69-81 Belgium (Koen T’Syen)....Pages 83-100 Czech Republic (Kamil Nejezchleb)....Pages 101-109 France (Liliana Eskenazi, Olivier Fréget, Laetitia Ghebali, Clément Hubert, Martina Isola, Nizar Lajnef et al.)....Pages 111-137 Hungary (Gusztav Bacher, András M. Horváth)....Pages 139-172 India (Arunabha Ganguli)....Pages 173-179 Italy (Elisa Teti, Ottavia Raffaelli)....Pages 181-202 Malta (Clement Mifsud-Bonnici)....Pages 203-212 Poland (Aleksander Stawicki, Paulina Komorowska, Juliusz Krzyżanowski)....Pages 213-229 Sweden (Vladimir Bastidas Venegas)....Pages 231-243 Switzerland (Dominique Guex)....Pages 245-261 The Netherlands (Cees Jan de Boer, Maria Geilmann)....Pages 263-288 Ukraine (Viktoriia Gladka, Mariia Baranovych)....Pages 289-299 United Kingdom (James Bourke)....Pages 301-323 Front Matter ....Pages 325-325 International Report (Simon Holzer)....Pages 327-354 Austria (Christoph Petsch, Michael Meyenburg)....Pages 355-362 Belgium (Claire Hazée)....Pages 363-382 Brazil (Felipe Barros Oquendo)....Pages 383-391 France (Guillaume Couet, Martina Isola)....Pages 393-416 Germany (Olaf Sosnitza)....Pages 417-428 Hungary (Ádám Liber)....Pages 429-444 Japan (Noriko Itai, Kenta Sugimoto, Shigeshi Tanaka)....Pages 445-459 Malta (Philip Mifsud, Elise Dingli)....Pages 461-476 Poland (Aleksandra Wędrychowska-Karpińska, Agnieszka Wiercińska-Krużewska, Marta Banyk)....Pages 477-497