The paper offers an assessment of the new addition to the recent EU Guidelines accompanying the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, examining such implementer alliances from the antitrust perspective and exploring their implications within the SEP licensing framework.
@HalSinger Ignoring antitrust is notable. The Dem war on tech (the most competitive and innovative part of the economy) has to be the most dumbass suicide attempt in political history.
The EU's DMA was designed for traditional platforms, but the rise of AI agents complicates the regulation's premises.
In a new white paper, @GiuColangelo argues policymakers must reconsider the DMA's architecture to avoid premature intervention that could chill innovation. 🔗 ⬇️
🔷 at the same time, the follow-up study casts doubt on the relevance of patent assertion entities (#PAEs) as a major policy concern in the EU, noting that they remain predominantly a U.S.-based phenomenon.
Policymakers are repurposing traditional bargaining power provisions for digital markets. In a new article, @GiuColangelo uses transaction cost economics to examine the scope and antitrust character of the abuse of economic dependence.
Read the full article below ⬇️
The Commission’s revised TTGs normalize buyer coordination in standard-essential patent licensing.
At Truth on the Market, @AuerDirk & @GiuColangelo explain that Licensing Negotiation Groups aggregate competitors, creating monopsony power and enabling collective hold-out. 🔗 ⬇️