In this article published in Research Policy, the authors analyze whether a patent-owner can honor a (F)RAND commitment on a patent if it offers a license to that patent only in a bundle that also includes licenses to patents on which it has not made a (F)RAND commitment. They conclude that it can, but only if the royalty for the bundle does not exceed what would be a (F)RAND royalty for just the (F)RAND-committed patent. To read the article, click the link below.
CRA Competition's response to EU Draft Merger Guidelines: An economic perspective on the emerging framework
Our European Competition team has contributed to the economic assessment in nearly a third of distinct merger decisions cited in the draft, (46 out of 164)...