Title
Anticompetitive Settlement of Intellectual Property Disputes
Author
Herbert Hovenkamp, University of Iowa, College of Law, Mark Janis, University of Iowa, College of Law, and Mark A Lemley, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley
Date
1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2/1/2003)
(Original Publish Date: 2/1/2003)
Abstract
The overwhelming majority of intellectual property lawsuits settle before trial. These settlements involve agreements between the patentee and the accused infringer, parties who are often competitors before the lawsuit. Because these competitors may agree
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