Beyond Microsoft:
Antitrust, Technology and Intellectual Property

 
 

 

Antitrust Links

Department of Justice Antitrust Division
A helpful introduction to the federal government's activities aimed at curtailing antitrust violations. Provides updates on pending and recent cases.

Federal Trade Commission
A comprehensive overview of the federal division's work, including descriptions of its work relating to antitrust and competition.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Provides information for investors and small businesses, as well as provides access to the Edgar Database (which compiles financial information for companies).

United States Court of International Trade
An introduction to the federal court created to handle issues arising from international trade litigation.

International Trade Administration
Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the ITA's site walks business owners through such topics as NAFTA, the general concept of exporting, and other key policy initiatives affecting international trade.

Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute - Antitrust Guide
A good introduction to law students, this guide provides summaries and links to federal and state case materials as well as statutes.

Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University
An online resource linking economic research, policy, and cases.

American Bar Association Antitrust Section
Provides information about the practice of law as it relates to antitrust, including announcements of upcoming events and conferences.

Antitrust Law and Economics Review
Contains a comprehensive selection of antitrust related articles. Also hosts several discussion groups on various topics pertaining to antitrust law.

The American Antitrust Institute
The American Antitrust Institute is an independent Washington-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization dedicated to increasing the role of competition and assuring that competition is fair. The web site serves as a newsletter for current antitrust issues and events.

Executive Summary Of The Antitrust Laws (Findlaw)
A basic introduction to the area of antitrust law as seen from the perspective of a practitioner. Findlaw.com: Articles and Guides

Related to Antitrust Law

Findlaw Subject Guide to Antitrust
Provides searchable links to a wide variety of antitrust articles, websites, and online newsletters.

Does Antitrust Law Compute?
An online discussion among five distinguished practitioners on how (or even if) government can regulate anticompetitive practices in the digital age.

Findlaw Articles and Guides Related to Intellectual Property
Provides searchable links to a wide variety of intellectual property databases, websites, and online newsletters.

World Intellectual Property Organization
Provides news and information about the division of the United Nations dedicated to the protection of intellectual property on an international level.

Franklin Pierce Law Center's Intellectual Property Mall
A very comprehensive compilation of articles, audio and visual materials, academic outlines, and court related documents and rules- all related to the subject of intellectual property.

IP Law Practice Center
An online magazine dedicated to intellectual property cases and events, sponsored by Law.com.

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Home page of the national bar association comprised of lawyers practicing intellectual property law. Contains links to the main government agencies and courts that deal with intellectual property issues.

Intellectual Property Law Server
A good research tool for all things relating to intellectual property. Primarily geared towards the practitioner.

Intellectual Property Center
Online news source for developing stories pertaining to intellectual property. Also includes a special section dedicated to intellectual property and antitrust.

Relevant Articles Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law

From Adversaries to Partners, by FTC Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2000

The Truth, the Whole Truth, And Nothing But the Truth, John Heilemann, Wired Magazine (2000)

Conferences

February 20, 2001
"Business Method Patents: Pro and Con," a debate sponsored by the Commonwealth Club, featuring Q. Todd Dickinson (former Director, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office) and Lawrence Lessig (Stanford Law School)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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