IP-Related Refusals to Deal-Part 2: Pretext and Misconduct as Standards

Richard H Stern

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2000)

In the last issue of IEEE Micro (Jan.-Feb. 2000, pp. 9-12), Micro Law addressed the Kodak, Intel, and Xerox cases, largely from the vantage point of tactics. All of these cases involved a powerful manufacturer's refusal to sell patented parts, or to license its intellectual property rights, to a rival.