JOHN W. SCHLICHER

PATENTS, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND

SETTLEMENT, LICENSING, ANTITRUST, LAW AND ECONOMICS

 

 

John W. Schlicher, “Antitrust Limits on Licensing in Japan,” Advanced Licensing Agreements 2006, Practising Law Institute, (2006) and John W. Schlicher, “Antitrust and Competition Law Limits on Licensing in Japan Under the JFTC 2007 Guidelines”,  Advanced Licensing Agreements 2007, Practising Law Institute (2007) (Table of Contents)

 

Table of Contents (partial)

I.    Introduction

II.   Japan Antitrust Statutes

III.  Japan Fair Trade Commission Licensing Regulation

A.       The 1968 and 1989 Guidelines

B.        The 1999 Guidelines

C.        The 2007 Guidelines

D.       The Structure of the 2007 Guidelines

IV.  Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Law (Part 1)

V.   Practices Subject to the Guidelines (Part 1)

VI.      The Basic Principles for Applying the Antimonopoly Act (Part 2)

A.       Section 21 of the Act

B.        The Markets Potentially Affected

C.        Analyzing Effects on Competition

D.       The Several Ways Conduct May Violate the Antimonopoly Act

VII.     Monopolization (Part 3)

A.       Inhibiting Use of Technology

B.        Limiting the Scope of Use

C.        Imposing Conditions on the Use of Technology

VIII.    Unreasonable Restraints of Trade (Part 3)

A.       Patent Pools

B.        Multiple Licensing

C.        Cross Licensing

IX.      Unfair Trade Practices (Part 4)

A.       Inhibiting the Use of Technology

B.        Limiting the Scope of Use of Technology

1.        Licensing rights in part

2.        Restrictions in relation to manufacturing

3.        Restrictions in relation to export

4.        Sub-licensing

C.        Imposing Restrictions in relation to the Use of Technology

1.        Restrictions on raw materials and parts

2.        Restrictions on sales

3.        Restrictions on sale and resale prices

4.        Restrictions on manufacturing and sale of competing products or on transactions with competitors

5.        Best effort obligations

6.        Obligations to protect confidentiality of know-how

7.        No-contest obligation

D.       Imposing Other Restrictions

1.        Unilateral termination provisions

2.        Setting of royalties without relation to the use of technology

3.        Restrictions after extinction of rights

4.        Bundle licensing

5.        Addition of functions to technology

6.        Obligations of non-assertion of rights

7.        Restrictions on research and development activities

8.        Obligations to hand over improved technology or to grant exclusive licenses for improved technology

9.        Obligations to grant non-exclusive licenses for improved technology

10.      Obligations to report obtained knowledge and experience