The Contestable and Potentially Harmful Conclusions of the 'Microsoft' Case

A Stark Attenuation of the Exceptional Circumstances Test and the Application of an Inappropriate Tying Test


Master's Thesis, 2009

54 Pages, Grade: Distinction


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Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Thesis, Aims and Outline

Part I: Contextualisation of the Microsoft Judgment

Chapter 1 – The Theory and Practice of the Controversial Interface Between IPRs and Competition Law, and the Exercise of Tying
1.1. IPRs and Competition Law in Legal Theory
1.2. IPRs and Competition Law in Legal Practice
1.3. The Exercise of Tying in Theory and Practice

Part II: The Controversial and Contestable Conclusions of the Microsoft Judgment

Chapter 2 – A Dramatic Attenuation of the Exceptional Circumstances Criteria
2.1. The Indispensability Criterion
2.2. The Elimination of Competition Criterion
2.3. The New Product Criterion
2.4. Chapter Conclusions and Implications

Chapter 3 – The Application of a Flawed and Inappropriate Form-Based Tying Test
3.1. The Separate Products Element
3.2. The Foreclosure Element
3.2. The Choice/Coercion Element
3.4. The Objective Justification Element
3.5. Chapter Conclusions and Implications

Conclusion

Appendix – Correspondence with Mr Forrester, QC

Bibliography

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Title
The Contestable and Potentially Harmful Conclusions of the 'Microsoft' Case
Subtitle
A Stark Attenuation of the Exceptional Circumstances Test and the Application of an Inappropriate Tying Test
College
University of Edinburgh  (School of Law)
Course
Master Thesis in the LLM in European Law Programme
Grade
Distinction
Author
Year
2009
Pages
54
Catalog Number
V169615
ISBN (eBook)
9783640880874
ISBN (Book)
9783640880898
File size
622 KB
Language
English
Notes
This Thesis was the recipient of the Sir David Edward Prize for academic excellence for the best dissertation in the LLM in European Law programme 2008/2009.
Keywords
contestable, potentially, harmful, conclusions, microsoft, case, stark, attenuation, exceptional, circumstances, test, application, inappropriate, tying, test, distinction
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Veronica Hagenfeldt (Author), 2009, The Contestable and Potentially Harmful Conclusions of the 'Microsoft' Case, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/169615

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